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The  Institute  has  attempted  to  obtain  the  best 
original  copy  available  for  filming.  Features  of  this 
copy  which  may  be  bibliographically  unique, 
which  may  alttr  any  of  the  images  in  the 
reproduction,  or  which  may  significantly  change 
the  usual  method  of  filming,  are  checked  below. 


L'InstitL't  a  microfilm^  le  meilleur  exemplaire 
qu'il  lui  a  at^  possible  de  se  p.ocurer   Les  ietails 
de  cet  exemplaire  qui  sont  peut-^tre  uniques  du 
point  de  vue  bibiiographique,  qui  peuvent  modifier 
une  image  reproduite.  ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une 
modification  dans  la  m^thod^  normale  de  *ilmage 
sent  indiquis  ci-dessous. 


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Covers  restored  and/or  laminated/ 
Couverture  restaur^e  et/ou  pellicul^e 


jver  title  missing/ 
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I      I    Coloured  maps/ 


Cartas  gAographiques  en  coulbur 


Coloured  ink  (i.e.  other  than  blue  cr  black)/ 
Encre  de  couieur  (i.e.  autre  que  bieue  ou  noire) 


I      I    Coloured  plates  and/or  illustrations/ 


Planches  et/ou  illustrations  en  couieur 


Bound  with  other  material/ 
Reli*  avec  d'autres  documents 


Tight  binding  may  cause  shadows  or  distortion 
along  interior  margin/ 

Lareliure  serree  peut  causer  de  t'ombre  ou  de  la 
distorsion  !•  long  de  la  marge  intdrieure 

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appear  within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these 
have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
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lors  d'une  restauration  apparaissent  dans  le  texta. 
maia,  lor^que  cela  itait  possible,  ces  pages  n  ont 
pas  itt  'film^es. 


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ensure  the  best  possible  image/ 
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obscurcies  par  un  fauillet  d'errata,  une  pelure, 
etc..  ont  ixi  fllm^es  A  nouveau  de  fapon  ^ 
obtanir  la  meilleure  ima^e  possible. 


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possible  considering  the  condition  and  legibility 
of  the  original  copy  and  in  keeping  with  the 
filming  contract  specifications. 


Les  images  suivantes  ont  6t6  reproduites  avec  le 
plus  grand  soin,  compte  tenu  de  la  condition  et 
de  la  nettett  de  l'exemplaire  film6,  et  en 
conformity  avec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmage, 


Original  copies  in  printed  paper  covers  are  filmed 
beginning  with  the  front  cover  and  ending  on 
the  last  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, or  the  back  cover  when  appropriate.  All 
other  original  copies  are  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  p'^ge  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, and  ending  on  the  last  page  with  a  printed 
or  illustrated  impression. 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  — ^  (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED "),  or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END  "), 
whichever  applies. 


Les  exemplaires  originaux  dont  la  couverture  en 
papier  est  imprimie  sont  film6s  en  commenpant 
par  le  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illuetration,  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  selon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplaires 
originaux  sont  fiinds  en  commenqant  par  la 
premidre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  dernidre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

Un  des  symboles  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
derniere  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  seinn  lo 
cas:  le  symbole  — ►  signifle  "A  SUIVRE  ",  le 
symbols  V  signifle  "FIN". 


Maps,  plates,  charts,  etc.,  mey  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  ere  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


Les  cartes,  planches,  tableaux,  etc.,  peuvent  Atre 
film6s  i  des  taux  de  rMuction  diffdrents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  6tre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  cfich6,  il  est  film6  A  partir 
de  Tangle  sup6rieur  gauche,  de  gauche  A  droits, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  ndcessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  methods. 


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m  LETT 


^B    I.EHT    OF    MDCCCLIV. 

ADDRESSED 

TO  THl  CliERGY  ANP  LAITY  OF  THE  ARCHDIOCESl 

Of   HALIFAX. 


THE  MOST  REVEREND  WILLIAM  WALSH,  D. 

AKOnBISHOP  Of  HAUrAX. 


WITH   AN 


APPENDIX,  &c 


" J^liitliun  moi»  eeipm, expWInm  d«U8t<mim, remellom, mIuUs, hmHx  graUn? ftindainentnm ^ 
oMtteite.    Hoc gw««  nd  iJaam  citing  pervonit;  hoe  grnda  ftnte<niHKB ontrra  EUw Mcendlt'—A  Am- 

"  C^W  #««  Mhunba  tmk  llaiio  liccleairo  Unltatem  qui  hou  Uaet,  tencre  ««  FIdenj  credit  ?  Qui 
Be^Mta  renititm,  qol  Oathrpkam  Petbu  sup««  tjuAsi  rusoASA  »*  E«  tMii^  desOTit,  in  K«»^«d» 
MS  mm  oonndii  i  Nenio  fraten>H«tein  mend»do  &il»t . . .  Epl«*piitu»  vam  Mt . . .  Eociesls  qttot>«« 
KHA  est . . .  Spoaw  Ohrtiti,  uham  domiun  novit,  vxvob  oubUmll  s  nc  lliatem  CMto  pudore  cnitodlt — 

JElMiM. 


•      NEW.YOEK: 
EDWARD  DIINIGAN  &  BROTDER,  151  FULTOK  -rRJiEl 

lll.DCGC.UV. 


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PASTOHAL  LETTER 


FOR 


THE    LENT    OF    MDCCCLIV 


ADDRESSED 


** 


TO  THE  CLERGY  AND  LAITY  OF  THE   ARCHDIOCESE 

OF    HALIFAX 


BY 


THE  MOST  REVEREND  WILLIAM  WALSH,  D.  D. 


AliCIIUISnOP   OF    HALIFAX. 


WITir    AN 


APPENDIX,  &c 


"  Joinniimi  iiwrs  culpji',  oxeiilimu  dolietonim,  rcmoiliiiin,  sahitis,  r;vlix  gmtlfp,  fiiiulnitiontum  est 
castltatis.  Hoc  gradu  ml  Deuia  citiiia  i)ervenit;  hoc  (jriulii  anti'qimm  carru  Ulifts  ajicemlit.''— A.  Am- 
Vrositis  de  ElUi  et  Jejanto. 

'•  Una  cut  ciilumba  men.  Hanc  ICcclosim  tJnitatoiu  qui  iion  tenet,  teiioro  se  Fldem  credit?  Qui 
EoclepiH)  roiiititur,  (luiCATiiEi)iiAM  rK.riu  BUi'gi;  cjlam  itnuata  bst  Kcci-ksia,  descrit,  in  Eeclesla 

se  eise  ooiilLilt '    Nemo  I'ratorniiali'ui  nuindiicio  liillat Episcoimtiis  unts  e»t Kcclcsia  quoque 

UNA  est, . . ,  Si)i)npa  Cliristi,  fNAM  ilomiuii  novit,  i-sii's  cubiculi  sanclltateni  casto  pudore  custoilit 

HabiTcjaui  lUiu  potest  Dcum  I'atrem,  qui  Koi'k"<iani  lum  liaWt  Matrem.'" — >'.  Cijpriamlc  Cnit 
Scctea. 


NEW-YOKK: 
EDWARD  DUNIGAN  &  BKOTIIEU,  151  FULTON  STREET. 

M.DCCC.LIV. 


THE  ORDER  OF  OBSERVING  LEXT 
IN    THE    AECHDIOCESS    OF    HALIFAX,  FOR    1854. 


1.  Every  "Wock  Day  in  Lent  is  a  Fast  Day  on  one  Meal  and  a  Col- 
lation. 

2.  By  virtue  of  powers  delegated  to  liim  by  the  Holy  See,  the  Arch- 
bishop permits  the  use  of  Flesh  Meat  at  breakfast  and  dinner  on 
Sundays  ;  and  at  dinner  only  on  Tuesdays,  Thursdays,  and  Saturday? 
during  Lent, 

3.  The  first  Saturday  of  Lent,  Ember  Saturday,  and  Holy  Satur- 
day are  not  included  in  the  above  permission. 

4.  It  is  strictly  prohibited  to  use  Fish  ar.d  Flesh  Meat  at  the  same 
repast ;  and  Eggs  are  forbidden  on  Ash  "Wednesday,  Spy  Wednesday, 
and  Good  Friday. 

0.  It  is  expected  that  some  compensation  will  be  made  for  the 
above  Indulgence  by  more  abundant  Alms  to  tlie  Poor,  and  the  per- 
formance of  other  works  of  Charity  and  Mercy. 

6.  The  Penitential  Psalm,  "  Have  mercy  on  me,  0  God,"  &c.  (Ps. 
50).  and  the  Litanies  of  the  Saints,  will  be  read  before  ]Mass  on  Wed- 
nesdays and  Fridays  during  Lent.  Such  as  cannot  attend  Slass,  will 
cause  these  and  otlier  suitable  devotions  and  instructions  to  1)0  read  in 
presence  of  tlieir  families. 


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PASTORAL  LETTER. 


BY    TTIE    DmNE    3IERCY,   AIS'D   THE  FAVOUR   OF   THE 
APOSTOLIC    SEE,    ARCniSISIIOP    OF   HALIFAX. 


To  tliG  VeiieraUe  Clergy  and  Laity  of  the  Arclidiocess  of 

Halifax. 

Dearly  Beloved  Bretiiret^: — 

The  great  and  iii(lis|)ensaljle  duty,  hj  which  tlie  Pastor  of 
souls  is  continually  bound  to  feed  his  beloved  "fl<^ek,  with 
the  word  of  life,  is  of  peculiar  obligation  at  a  time  like 
the  present,  when  the  whole  Church  of  Christ  is  prepar- 
ing to  commence  the  hallowed  season  of  penance  and 
prayer,  of  fasting  and  alms-deeds,  of  reconciliation  and 
grace.  W(3  are,  therefore,  induced  to  address  once  more 
our  entire  flock,  and  to  "  lift  up  our  voice,  like  a  trumpet," 
in  proclaiming  the  Apostolic  Fast  of  Lent,  and  the  favor- 
able opportunity,  which,  through  the  mercy  of  God,  is 
afforded  us,  of  bringing  forth  "fruits  worthy  of  pen- 
ance," of  "  redeeming  our  sin  with  alms,"  of  "  humbling 
our  souls  in  fasting,"  of  "  ^vashing  our  hands  amongst  the 
innocent,"  and  of  insuring  our  eternal  salvation  liy  the 
faithful  discharge  of  every  Christian  duty.  Attend, 
therefore,  to  our  pastoral  admonition,  l)ecause  we  "  watch 
as  having  to  render  to  God  an  account  of  your  souls; " 


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4  PASTORAL   LETTER. 

because  we  have  not  assumed  of  ourselves  tliis  formidable 
office,  l)ut  Lave  l)eeii  legitimately  appointed  and  sent  by^ 
the  Venerable  Successor  of  liim  to  whom  the  Prince  of 
Pastors  said :  Feed  my  Lambs,  Feed  my  Sheep.    Listen 
to  our  voice ;  for  the  sheep  of  Christ  follow  their  true 
Shepherd  because  ''  they  know  his  voice,"  and  they  heed 
not  the  seductive  voice  of  strangers  and  hirelings,  "  whose 
own  the  sheep  are  not."     We  come  not  in  the  persnasive 
words  of  human  wisdom,  but  in  the  showing  forth  of  the 
power  of  God,  even  of  him  who  hath  said:  "  I  will  destroy 
the  wisdom  of  the  wise,  and  the  prudence  of  the  prudent 
I  will  reject."     We  have  no  new  doctrines  to  teach,  no 
modern  discoveries  in  religion  to  announce,  no  innovation 
on  the  faith  once  delivered  to  the  saints,  no  addition  to 
the  glorious  edifice  of  eternal  and  immutal)le  duration 
whicii  M\as  built  upon  the  foundation  of  the  Apostles  and 
the  Prophets,  Jesus  Christ  himself  being  the  chief  corner 
stone.     We  know  of  no  other  name,  but  that  of  Jesus,  in 
which  men  can  be  saved ;  w^e  have  no  hope  of  grace,  in 
this  life,  or  of  glory  in  the  next,])ut  through  his  hifinitely 
precious  and  atoning  blood.     The  pilgrim  of  T^aith  nmst 
not  expect  that  we  can  point  any  new  road  Avhich  leads 
to  Heaven.     Despite  the  assertions  of  the  false  prophets, 
and  seducers  of  the  age,  and  regardless  of  the  sneers  and 
taunts  of  their  deluded  followers,  we  must  enter  on  the 
ancient  way,  and  follow  the  path  of  old,  and  walk  in  the 
footsteps  of  Him  who  is  the  Way,  the  Truth  and  the  Life ; 

pursuing  our  heavenward  course  in  this  valley  of  tears, 

in  the  narrow  way  by  which  the  small  number  of  the  elect 
are  conducted  to  the  gates  of  bliss.  Blinded  by  pride 
and  passion,  the  enemies  of  the  Cross  of  Clirist,  whose 
sensual  appetite  is  their  God,  and  wliose  end  is  destruc- 
tion, may  decry  fasting  and  abstinence,  and  rail  ut  mor- 
tification, and  impiously  pretend,  that  as  Christ  died  for 


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PAHTORAL   LETTER.  9 

all  mankind,  a  barren  faitli  in  Imn  will  suffice  for  salvation, 
without  penitential  works,  contradicting  tliereby  the  plain- 
est  testimonies  of  the  Law  and  the  Gospel.  And,  what  is 
more  deplorable,  the  most  vehement  opponents  of  that 
truly  Scriptural  discipline  by  whicli  the  Catholic  Church 
consults  the  saiictification  of  her  children  ;  the  loudest 
brawlers  against  fasting,  and  abstinence,  and  the  other 
worthy  fi-uits  of  penance  ;  are  those  Avho  boast  of  their 
possession  of  the  Sacred  Scriptures,  and  who  profess  to 
reverence  the  written  Oracles  of  God.  In  vain  will  you 
quote  for  them  the  Prophets  of  the  Old,  or  the  Ai)ostles 
of  the  New  Testament :  the  exami^le  of  Christ ;  of  His 
angelic  precursor ;  of  His  great  vessels  of  election :  the 
Doctor  of  the  Gentiles.  Moses,  Ellas,  and  David ;  the 
mothers  of  Samson  and  Samuel;  the  impious  Achab 
and  the  pious  Josaphat ;  Esdras,  Neheraias  and  Daniel ; 
Sarah,  Judith  and  Esther,  all  fasted,  and  their  fasting 
was  agreeable  to  God.  The  guilty  inhabitants  of  Nini 
and  the  Tews,  after  their  crime,  fasted  by  the  dire^ 
of  the  Prophets,  and  "  for  all  Juda  "  was  a  Fast  procla; 
when  their  holy  prince  was  in  danger. 

Nevertheless,  the  overwhelming  evidences  of  Scrip 
ture  are  rejected  by  our  modern  dogmatizers,  and,  vv^ith 
the  Bible  in  their  hands,  they  aifect  to  look  down  with 
pity  on  the  poor  benighted  Catholic,  who  practically  be- 
lieves in  the  efficacy  of  fasting ;  who  fulfils  the  prediction 
of  the  Saviour  that  "  when  the  Bridegroom  should  be 
taken  away,  His  children  would  fiist;"  who  "chastises 
his  body,  and  brings  it  into  subjection,"  who  "mortifies 
his  members  upon  the  earth,  and  crucifies  his  llesh  with 
its  vices  and  concupiscences ; "  who  fills  up  in  his  own 
flesh  those  things  which  are  wanting  of  the  suflPerings  of 
Christ,  and  who  confidently  hopes  to  be  glorified  with 
Him,  because  he  humbly  endeavours  to  suffer  with  him 


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PASTORAL   LETTER. 


likewise,  knowing  from  the  Prince  of  tlie  Apostles  that 
"  Christ  suffered  for  us,  leaving  ns  an  example  that  we 
should  follow  His  steps."  There  is  some  consistency  in 
those  who  reject  altogether  the  authority  of  the  Word 
of  God ;  but  3' our  professed  Bible  reader  wdio  scoffs  at 
fasting,  is  a  religious  paradox,  an  aT)Surd  contradiction 
which  provokes  the  pity  or  contf^mpt  of  all  good  men. 
The  true  Apostles  of  Christ  were  unable  to  cast  out 
certain  devils,  and  were  assured  by  their  Divine  Master 
that  prayer  and  fasting  Avere  necessary  for  that  juirpose. 
The  pretended  A[)ostles  of  error,  in  these  days,  aie  more 
than  a  match  for  all  the  powers  of  darivuess  (if  we  may 
believe  themselves),  without  any  such  l)odily  mortifica- 
tion. The  innocen.t  Baptist,  and  the  Doctor  of  the  Gen- 
tiles who  Avas  rajjt  up  to  the  third  heaven,  chastised 
their  flesh  by  voluntary  austerities;  Init  no  such  ])ainful 
remedies  are  deemed  necessary  by  the  pharisees,  publi- 
cans and  sinners  wlio  condenm  the  salutarv  and  imme- 
morial  usao:e  of  the  Catholic  Church  in  the  observance  of 
the  Lenten  Fast.  Filled  with  the  same  spirit  of  pride, 
whicli  incited  our  first  parents  to  violate  the  Divine  Law 
of  abstinence,  they  ignore  the  authority  of  the  Scrii^tures 
m  this  respect,  and,  with  the  same  serpent  for  their  de- 
ceitful guide,  interpret  the  sacred  page  in  favour  of  tlieir 
own  sensual  and  unmortified  api^etitos.  Rejecting  the 
authority  of  the  Church,  and  condenming  her  time- 
honoured  practice  from  the  days  of  the  Apostles  to  the 
present,  they  a})peal  to  the  testimony  of  Scriptui'e  ;  and 
wdien  "  a  cloud  of  witnesses  "  rise  up  to  convict  them, 
from  every  part  of  +he  Sacied  Volume,  they  ap]>eal  from 
Sci'ipture  to  their  own  hearts,  ivid  the  ■•  jrrupted  heart, 
their  only  Supreme  Judge  in  matters  of  Faith,  pronounces 
a  decisioniu  favour  of  flesh  and  l)lood.  For,  it  is  a  mistake 
to  suppose  that  those  who  have  shaken  oft'  the  sweet  yoke 


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PASTORAL   LETTER. 


of  our  Holy  Mother  the  Church,  have  submitted  to  any- 
other  authority,  except  their  own.     (Jne  common  watch- 
word amongst  them  is,  to  think  what  they  please,  and  to 
say  what  tliey  think,  in  matters  of  Faith  ;  to  interpret 
the  Scriptures  according  to  their  own  fancy,  and  to  dtiuy 
to  the  whole  world,  collectively  and   individually,  the 
right  to  question  tliis  proud  piivilege.     Hence,  it  is  not 
the  pastors,  nor  teacliers,  nor  disciples  of  the  communion 
to  which  they  belong,  that  are  to  decide  their  faith,  or  fix 
for  them  the  meaning  of  the  Sacred  Word.     No :  they 
decide   and  interpret  for  themselves.      They  make  the 
dead  letter  O'f  Scripture  constitute  its  essence,  and  not  the 
genuine  meaning  and  spirit  of  the  ILuy  Gliost.     The  in- 
spiration of  the  text  comes  from  theni selves,  and  not  from 
the  Spirit  of  life  and  truth.     With  an  understanding 
obscured,  and  a  heart  corruj^ted  l»y  sin,  they  sit  down 
with  arrogance  and  vonceit,  to  measure  the  ways  of  God 
by  tiieir  v  ays,  to  scrutinize  His  mysteries  by  their  fee1;le 
reason,  an  A  to  modify,  if  not  abrogate,  his  plaiutst  pre- 
cepts, at  the  imperious  dictates  of  passion  and  self-love. 
And,  this  fatal   privilege  of  self-guidance,  and   private 
interpretation,  is  restricted  to  no  age,  nor  sex,  nor  class, 
so  that  this  prolific  source  of  endless  disorder,  this  deadly 
princi[)le  which  in  all  human  affairs  is  incompatible  with 
the  existence  of  civil  society,  and  wliich  no  human  legis- 
lators have  ever  recognized,  is  blasphemously  descriljed 
as  an  emanation  from  heaven.     The  God  of  truth,  and 
peace,  and  love  is  declared  to  have  made  known  His  will 
to  His  creatures  in  a  mysterious  and  difficult  volume, 
which  each  one  is  to  read  and  interpret  for  himself,  and 
these  countless  interpretations,  absurd,  inconsistent  and 
contradictory  as  they  are,  must  be  for  each  interpreter, 
respectively,  the  revelation  of  Heaven!     According  to 
such  monstrous  opinions  the  God  of  Eternal  Truth  nmst 


PASTOHAL   LETTER. 


be  indifferent  v/itli '  3gar(i  to  one  of  His  jiurest  attributes, 
for  tiiey  make  Him  the  autlior  of  a  system  whicli,  in  a 
million  of  instances,  has  led,  and  must  necessarily  lead 
into  error ;  and  Him  whose  essence  is  Love,  and  whose 
spirit  is  Peace,  they  convert  into  a  fomenter  of  discord 
and  division,  of  rancour,  and  all  uncharitableness.     We 
nmst  not  be  surprised,  Dearly  Beloved  Brethren,  at  the 
i^^eneral  prevalence,  in  these  our  times,  of  that  flattering 
and  treacherous  principle,  which  robs  the  Almighty  of 
the  undoul)ted  right  of  interpreting  His  own  will,  either 
by  Himself,  or  by  thosfe  whom  He  has  divinely  commis- 
sioned for  that  purpose,  and  transfers  it  to  each  of  His 
fallible  creatures ;— dexterously  ministering  at  the  same 
time  to  the  pride  of  their  understanding,  the  weakness  of 
their  will,  and  the  corruption  of  their  heart.     Vv^e  must 
not  be  astonished  if  they  have  extensively  availed  them- 
selves of  this  disastrous  i)rivilege  invented  by  the  enemy 
of  souls,  that  old  Serpent  who  "  was  a  liar  from  the  be- 
Lannino- "  and  wlio  sui^Liested  to  our  first  Pai-ents,  even  in 
their  state  of  innocence,  this  doctrine  of  private  mterpre- 
tation,  teaching  t'  em  to  expound  the  Precept  of  God,  not 
according  to  the  divine  intention,  but  to  their  own  appe- 
tite of  concupiscence,  and  thus  to  substitute  their  own 
will,  for  the  adorable  will  of  Heaven.     It  is  most  natural 
that  the  disciples*  of  this  8])irit  of  error,  who  only  taught 
in  the  earthly,  that  doctrine  of  disobedience  Avhich  he  had 
himself  already  reduced  to  i)ractice  in  the  heavenly  para- 
dise, should  hi  conformity  wilii  his  teaching,  interpret  the 
Divine  Law  in  their  own  favour,  and  thus,  make  them- 
selves, as  it  were,  "like  to  (Jod."     Asa  necessary  conse- 
quence, they  have  renounced,  and  indeed  covered  with 
ridicule,  all  those  doctrines  and  practices  of  the  Church 
of  Christ  which  are  repulsive  to  human  nature  in  its  fallen 
state.     And  to  come  more  Immediately  to  the  subject 


PA8T0EAL   LETTER. 


which  now  occupies  our  attention,  they  liave  become 
ashamed  of  tho  cross,  the  sufferings  and  humiliations  of 
Christ ;  they  remember  no  more  ;;he  poverty  of  His  birtli, 
or  tli8  austerities  and  tribulations  of  His  life ;  and  His 
blessed  doctrine*-,  they  impugn  and  contradict  as  much, 
nay  more  than  the  obstinate  Jews  themselves.  Jesus  vvas 
l)orn  poor,  lived  and  died  in  holy  poverty,  earnestly  re- 
commending this  sublime  virtue ;  but,  according  to  the 
modern  exposition  ^^f  the  Gospel,  the  poverty  which  Jesus 
honoured  and  loved,  is  looked  upon  as  a  disgrace,  to  be  ^ 
more  shunned  than  death ;  nay,  it  is  punished  as  a  ci'ime. 
Jesus  said :  "  Blessed  are  the  poor ; "  and  "  unless  a  man 
renounce  all  things  he  jiossesses,  he  cannot  be  my  disci- 
ple." The  new  Evangelists  cry  out :  Blessed  are  tho  rich  ; 
and,  so  far  from  making  poverty  a  test  of  Christ's  true 
disciples,  it  iS  paraded  as  an  invincible  argument  against 
His  Holy  Catholic  Church  that  so  many  of  her  children 
are  indigent  and  poor.  Jesus  said :  "  If  you  Avish  to  be 
pert'ccf,  go  and  sell  nil  you  possess,  and  give  it  to  the 
poor,  and  follow  me."  But  if  Catholics  of  either  sex  have 
the  coui'age  to  embrace  tins  counsel  of  perfection,  to  re- 
nounce their  earthly  goods  and  follow  Christ,  in  the  holy 
state  of  lieligion — madness,  folly,  fanaticism,  superstition, 
are  some  of  the  mildest  phrases  from  tlie  new  Scriptural 
vooal)ulary,  by  which  their  noble  conduct  is  stigmatized, 
amidst  the  ])laudits  of  the  ignorant  multitude.  Jesus  was 
tlic  King  of  Virgins,  and  the  Lover  of  holy  purity.  His 
Precursor,  and  His  Beloved  Disciple  who  enjoyed  the 
inestimable  i)rivileg<'  of  re})osing  on  His  chaste  bosom  at 
the  Last  Supper,  were  both  spotless  Vii'gins.  He  was 
Himself  the  precious  Fruit  of  the  Virgin's  womb,  and  His 
Immaculate  Mother  was  the  brightest  ornament  of  her 
sex,  and  the  prc-elected  favourite  of  Heaven,  on  account 
of  her  extraordinary  purity,  as   well   as  the  profound 


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humility  which  accomp/inied  aud   preserved  it. 
said    there  were  some  "  who  made  themselves  emiuehs 
/devoted  themselves  to  a  life  of  holy  continence)  for  the 
Kiiio-c^  )m  of  Heaven.     He  that  can  take,  let  him  take  it.'^'^ 
He  likewise  declared :  "  Blessed  are  the  clean  of  heart." 
But  alas!  this  purity  and  cleanness  of  heart— this  "tak- 
iiiff"  of  the  counsel  of  Christ  hy  those  who  feel  that  with 
His  grace  they  can  take  it— this  renunciation  of  the  plea- 
sures of  sense  l)y  those  who  make  themselves  continent 
for  heaven;  this  amrelic  life  of  holy  celibacy ;  this  spot- 
less integrity  of  mind  mid  body  which  elevates  the  creature 
of  God  above  the  grossness  of  earthly  sensuality,  to  taste 
of  purer  joys  in  intercourse  with  Heaven ;  this  glorious 
virtue,  so  ennobling  to  humanity,  which  even  the  very 
Pr-ans  regarded  with  peculiar  reverence  and  honour,  has 
become  in  these  days  of  Scriptural  enlightenment  the 
subject  of  protane  sarcasms,  of  riljald  jests,  and  outrageous 
insults ;— would  that  we  were  not  forced  to  add,  of  shame- 
ful misrepresentations  and  abominable  calumnies.     The 
fruitful  viruinity  which  in  the   birth  cf  the  Iledeemer 
baff  ed  the  cunning  of  the  Devil,  seems  to  be  an  object  oi 
peculiar  horror  to  the   i)retended   lovers  of  Sciii-ture. 
The  "animal  man"  who  cannot  "perceive  the  things  that 
are  of  the  Spirit  of  Goa,"  measuring  his  neighbour  with 
the  carnal  eye  of  corruption,  laughs  at  the  j^ossibility  of 
vir-iiml  chastity.     H.'  cannot  en.biiv,  that  the  exalted 
^  ivnie  which  he  practically  detests,  and  which  he  never 
hopes  to  attain,   sh<.uld    be   possessed  l)y  others;   and 
Hlthou'di  proofs  to  the  contrary  are  perpetually  surronnd- 
in.^  him,  he  wilfully  closes  his  eyes  against  the  light,  and 
seeks  a  cowardly  apology  for  liis  own  disorders,  m  the 
cruel  defamation  of  his  neighbour.     No  means  are  lett 
untried  to  t^ar   from  the  Holy  Catholic  Church,   that 
priceless  jewel  of  celestial  purity  by  wldch  she  is  udorned ; 


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and  this  heathen  warfare  is  carried  to  such  lencfths,  that 
the  dignity  of  the  Holy  Mother  of  God  herself  is  not 
spared.     If  she  alone  did  not  bear  that  intimate  relation 
to  the  G(Klhead  which  was  never  shared  by  any  other 
ci-eatnre ;  if  she  were  not  on  account  of  her  divine  ma- 
ternity and  for  the  honour  of  her  Adoral)le  Son,  worthy 
of  our  deepest  veneration;  if,  through  her  blessed  womb, 
we  had  not  received  all  the  treasures  of  heaven;  if  she 
had  never  been  honoured  by  a  messenger  from  on  high, 
and  never  declared  by  the  Angel  to  enjoy  the  fulness  of 
grace,  and  tiie  possession  of  God;   if  she  stood    alone, 
with  her  charming  and  unapproachable  character,  her 
angelic   innocence,    her  winning  modesty,   her   discreet 
silence,  herprudeiit  reserve,  her  unexampled  humility;  if 
we  mcT-ely  considered  her  faithful  discharge  of  all  her  re- 
ligious and  social  duties,  hei-  tentler  love  for  her  ueif^-h- 
bour,  lier  devoted  constancy  in  all  the  vicissitudes  of  life 
and  all  the  bitterness  of  death, — if  we  i-egarded  only  her 
unshaken  courage,  her  nolde  fortitude,  her  uii])arallelfd, 
ardent  attachment  to  Jesus,  together  with  her  entire  resig- 
tion  to  the  Divine  Will — surely  under  so  nuany  endeariuLT 
and  solid  titles,  this  rare  Virgin  of  a  royal  race,  this  loAvly 
hauvlmaid  of  heaven,  must  challenge  our  affectionate  rever- 
ence. Pagan  Greece  or  Home,  even  in  the  height  of  its  licen- 
tious corxMiption,  would  have  extolled  such  a  character  in 
transcendant  eulogy;  they  would  burn  incense  and  erect 
altars  to  comDi.en"«orat0  so  much  virtue,  elevate  her  to  the 
rank  of  a  TKity  (as  we  are  most  falsely  and  wickedly 
accused  of  doing),  and  pay  her  divine  hon(»urs.     But,  how 
is  this  ]»urest  jind  holiest  of  God's  creatui'es,— -how  is  tjiis 
actual  IMotlier  of  the  vSon  of  (Jod, — how  is  she  "of  whom 
was  born  .lesus  who  is  call(Ml  the  (-hrist,"  treated  by  thoL'°! 
wlio  are  perjietunlly  ])roclaiming  their  love  for  Scripture, 
their  lielief  in  Christ,  and  their  respect  for  virtue  ?     She 


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is  the  target,  against  which  their  most  envenomed  shafts 
are  directed  ;  the  constant  object  of  their  unsparing  abuse. 
They  seem  to  decry  her  with  a  singular  pleasure;   to 
blacken  her  fair  fome;  to  ignore  her  virtues;  to  decry 
her  merit ;  to  tear  her  doAvu,  if  possible,  from  the  lofty 
eminence  upon  which  God  himself  has  placed  her.    Those 
who  are  most  arrogant  in  their  Scriptural  pretensions,  are 
the  loudest  in  their  expressions  of  disrespect  to  God's  own 
Mother;  and,  what  is  truly  deplorable,  that  sex  of  which 
she  is  the  ])rightest  oi'nament,  and  proudest  boast,  that 
sex  ])y  which  sin  was  l)rought  into  the  world,  ]>ut  by 
which,  likewise,  in  her  venerable  person,  the  ravages  of 
sin  were  most  gloriously  repaired  ;— that  sex,  to  which 
the  life  and  virtues  of  the  Ever  Blessed  Virgin  Mary 
should  be  ])eculiarly  dear,  seems  to  feel  no  interest,  no 
reverence,  no  tender  respect  for  its  best  benefactress,  and 
holiest  representative  on  earth.      Ladies,  calling  them- 
selves Christians,  speak  of  that  highest  exemplar  of  femi- 
nine grace  and  merit,  with  a  cliiUlng  coldness,  an  icy  in- 
dift'erence,  a  provoking  determination  to  accord  her  as 
little  respect  as  possible;  and  such  has  been  tlie  general 
prevalence  of  this  ill-will  (we  might   say,  ill-concealed 
hatred)  to  the  august  Mother  of  the  lledeemer,  that  her 
Image  lias  l)een  dragged  through  the  streets  of  the  boasted 
Metropolis   of  Scri]):ural   Knowledge,  within    a    recent 
period,  and  treated  witli  indignities,  which  the  sam«  mis- 
guided people  would  not  otter  to  the  image  or  represen- 
tation of  their  Sovereign,  tiieir  relative,  or  their  triend. 

It  is  nearly  so  with  all  the  maxiiiiS  of  the  Gospel,  and 
all  the  doctrines  of  the  Saviour.  For  He  said,  "  Blessed 
are  the  meek:  Blessed  are  tliey  that  mourn:  Blessed  are 
the  Peacemakers :  Blessed  arti  they  who  hunger  and  thirst 
after  justice,  and  who  suilln*  j)ersecution  for  justlrr  sake." 
The  coniit^^r  maxims  of  the  mod.ern  Scrij)tural  world  are: 


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Blessed  are  the  proud,  tlie  haughty,  and  the  insolent. 
Blessed  are  they  who  will  suffer  no  wrong,  and  endure  no 
insult.  Blessed  are  all  who  rejoice,  and  indulge  without 
restraint  in  the  amusements  of  life.  Blessed  are  they  who 
hunger  after  wealth,  and  thirst  after  power.  Blessed  are 
they  who  make  Mammon  their  God,  and  worship  it  with 
the  grossest  idolatry.  Blessed  are  they  who  possess  and 
exercise  the  power  to  peioecrite  the  weak,  and  revile  the 
oppressed,  and  speak  untruly  of  the  innocent. 

When  Christ  fasted,  it  was  a  genuine  Fast  of  Forty 
Days,  after  which  "  He  grew  hungry."  Wlien  the  modern 
sinners,  who  have  cried  do^vn  lasting  as  a  Papal  super- 
stition, condescend,  on  rare  occasions,  to  celebrate  a  pub- 
lic Fast,  tlie  day  of  pretended  mortification  is  converted 
into  a  day  of  riotous  indulgence,  criminal  excess,  and 
worse  than  Pagan  })rofanatiun.  But  of  you.  Dearly  Be- 
loved Brethren,  "  we  hope  better  things,  and  nearer  to 
salvation."  Far  otherwise  have  you  learned  Chi-ist,  and 
the  salutary  doctrines  of  the  Cross.  There  is  no  other 
way  of  salvation  for  you,  but  the  lloyal  highway  of  the 
Cross,  the  dolorous  w'ay  (traced  by  the  tears  and  blood 
of  our  dying  Saviour),  which  leads  to  Calvary,  and  from 
Calvary  to  Heaven.  Yours  is  the  glorious  privilege  of 
suffering  contradiction  and  calunniy,  oi)prol)rium  and  in- 
sult for  the  sake  of  justice,  and  the  name  of  Christ.  If 
your  religion  were  of  tliis  world,  the  world  would  love  its 
own  ?  The  ))itter  and  unchristian  rancour  with  which  your 
Religion  alone  is  assailed,  does  not  assuredly  come  from 
above;  and  the  savage  nature  of  the  warfare  you  have 
to  encounter,  too  clearly  betrays  its  origin  and  author. 
The  Spirit  of  all  Evil  instinctively  knows  from  wliat 
(piMi't(M'  lie  receives  his  most  deadly  wounds;  and  it  is 
natural,  that  she  who  crushed,  and  still  erushes,  the  Ser- 
pent's head,  should  come  in  contact  with  the  slime  of  his 


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impotent  fangs.  Between  lier  seed  and  the  seed  of  the 
Serpent,  the  Lord  "  liath  put  enmities,"  and  the  enmities 
will  subsist,  until  that  old  dragon  be  chained  down  for 

ever. 

The  medicinal  Fast,  which  the  Church    prescribes, 
durin"-  the  holy  season  of  Lent,  will  associate  you  with 
all  that  is  veneral)le,  in  the  new  Law  and  the  old ;  with 
the  liawgiver  of  the  Jews,  the  Supreme  Legislator  and 
Judge  of  the  world,  as  w^ell  as  the  illustri(nis  Prophet  who 
is  to"  reappear  l)efore  the  last  coming  of  the  Sovereign 
Judge ;  and,  without  calling  up  the  veneral)le  names  to 
which  we  have  already  referred,  one  Ijright  ray  from  the 
supernatural  glory  of  Tliabor,  sheds  the  clearest  light 
upon  this  di\'ine  and  apostolic  ordinance.     We  need  not 
ascend  ^Vlount  Sion  to  behold  the  Royal  penitent  with  his 
"soul  liuml»lod,"and  his  "knees  weakened  from  fasting  ;" 
nor  follow  the  rroi)het  Daniel  into  the  palace  of  the  King 
of  Babylon,  nor  Esther  into  the  royal  halls  of  Assuerus. 
It  is  not  necessary  to  go  to  the  humble  Bethulia  to  con- 
template Judith  ;  nor  to  the  proud  Niniveh  to  regard  the 
universfd  fast  of  its  guilty  citizens ;  neither  need  we  enter 
tlie Temple,  to  see  Anna  the  Prophetess,  who  "served  the 
Lord,  night  an<l  (hiy,  by  fasting  and  prayers,"  nor  go 
down  into  the  wihlerness  to  regard  the  wonderful  absti- 
nence of  the  Baptist.     The  n>ount  of  Transliguration  is 
sufficient,  and  more  than  sufficient,  to  confirm  and  sustain 
us:  for  He,  our  great  mo.lel,  oui-  Glorious  King,  and  in- 
vincil'U}  Leader — lie,  whose  countenance  shone  brighter 
than  the  Sun,  and  whose  garments  were  made  white  as 
gnow— "Fastkd  Forty  Days;"  and  a  voice  from  the 
Eternal  Father  commands  us  to  "IIkak  IIim,"  as'  the  Be- 
loved Son  in  whom  he  is  well  pleased.     And  the  Jewish 
Legislator,  as  well  as  the  great  Prophet  of  the  new  and 
ancient  covenant— the  two  illi-strious  witnesses  wlio  bore 


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testimony  to  Christ,  and,  couversing  Avitli  liiiu  on  this 
mystic  mountain,  confirmed  all  the  Oracles  in  favour  of  the 
divinity  of  His  mission — Moses  and  Elias,  the  publisher 
of  God's  law,  and  the  precursor  of  His  judgment,  each 
fasted  forty  dmjs. 

Hence  the  enemies  of  His  Holy  Church,  and  of  His 
Holy  Word,  may  declaim  as  long  as  they  please,  against 
our  Forty  Days'  Fast  of  Lent.  With  such  high  authority, 
and  in  the  blessed  company  of  Jesus,  Moses,  and  Elias, 
we  can  well  afford  to  endure  their  taunts,  and  to  look 
down  with  pity  and  forgiveness  on  their  deplorable  l)hnd- 
ness,  or  their  still  more  deplorable  malice. 

On  former  occasions,  we  have  descanted  at  some  length 
on  the  benefit  of  fasting,  and  from  the  Sacred  Scriptures? 
and  the  Holy  Fathers,  ex])lained  its  essence,  its  obliga- 
tions, and  its  precious  advantages.  Hence,  it  n.ay  1)e  less 
necessary,  at  present,  to  expatiate  upon  the  suliject.  But, 
we  can  never  repeat  too  often,  that  true  Fasting  is  the 
abstinence  from  sin,  the  restraint  of  the  tongue,  the  con- 
trol of  passion,  the  crucifixion  of  vice,  the  circumcision  of 
the  lieart.  True  Fasting  is  the  deatli  of  concu])iscence, 
the  health  of  the  body,  the  medicine  of  the  soul ;  it  ex- 
pels demons,  heals  diseases,  purifies  the  heart,  and  en- 
lightens the  understanding.  It  is  in  youth  decorous,  in 
manhood  a  protection,  in  age  venerable  ;  for  the  rich 
their  best  security,  of  the  poor  the  sanctifying  companion. 
Fasting  is  the  food  of  continence,  the  preservation  of 
public  morals,  tlie  source  of  jirivate  virtue,  the  stimulus 
of  o])edience,  tlic  guardian  of  matrimony,  the  friend  of 
widowhood,  the  nurse  of  virijins. 

Nevertheless,  Fasting  is  not  the  perfection  of  sanctity, 
but  a  powerful  means  to  become  holy.  The  Kingdom  of 
Heaven  is  not  meat  and  drink,  but  justice,  peace,  and 
spiritual  joy:  "Not  hi  l)read  alone  doth  man  live,  but  in 


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M' 


every  word  tliat  proceedetli  from  the  mouth  of  God." 
Hence,  our  Kedeemer  likewise  said  of  Himself:  "  My  food 
is  to  do  the  will  of  Him  that  seut  me."    Unless  you  strive 
to  accomplish  this  holy  will,  by  the  faithful  discharge  of 
every  Christian  duty,  your  fasting  is  in  vain.     The  absti- 
nence of  the  mouth  will  profit  nothing,  if  the  heart  do 
not  fast  from  sin ;  for,  in  what  does  the  fasting  sinner 
differ  from  the  devils,  who  use  no  food,  but  are  reljels 
against  God  ?    When  you  fast,  therefore.  Dearly  Beloved 
Brethren,  do  so  in  the  spirit  of  obedience,  and  with  an 
humble  and  contrite  heart.     When  the  "  body  of  sin  "  is 
so  changed  Ijv  penitential  austerity,  as  to  become  an  ac- 
ceptable victim  of  sacrifice,  present  it  with  confidence,  as 
a  pure  holocaust  to  the  Lord.     When  the  flesh  renounces 
food,  let  the  spirit  die  to  concupiscence  ;  and,  in  propor- 
tion as  you  wisely  defraud  the  sensual  appetite,  give  to 
the  poor  with  a  cheerful  al)undunce.     Bestow  on  virtue 
what  you  subtract  from  pleasure.     Instruct  the  ignorant, 
visit  the  sick,  clothe  the  naked,  protect  the  widow,  assist 
the  orphan,  wipe  away  the  tear  from  the  eye  of  afiliction ; 
for,  assuredly,  if  you  do  these  things  "  you  will  be  strength- 
ened in  love,"  and  the  sweet  odour  of  your  fasting  will 
ascend  like  incense  before  the  Throne  of  Grace.    Retrench 
all  the  indulgences  which  self-love  would  accord,  and  at 
the  same  time,  avoid  the  immoderate  severity  which  an 
erroneous  conscience  would  suggest.     And,  thougli  there 
may  be  few  indeed  who  require  such  a  caution,  you  must 
always  remember,  that  the  object  of  Fasting  is  not  to  de- 
stroy the  body,  but  to  preserve  it ;  to  keej)  it  in  a  state 
of  wholesome  moderation;  so  that  whilst  it  is  able  to  per- 
form all  its  proper  duties  in  harmony  with  the  soul,  it 
may  be  jirevented  from  rising  in  rebellion,  against  reason, 
and  against  God.     The  surest  mode  to  comply  with  the 
spirit  of  the  ol)ligation,  is  to  follow,  exactly,  the  precept 


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of  the  Church  ;  and,  Avhether  from  ])eculiar  circumstances 
and  just  reasons,  you  seek   for   dispensation  from  the 
rigours  of  her  law,  or  for  permission  to  do  more  than  it 
requires,  not  to  judge  for  yourselves,  in  either  case,  but  to 
submit  with  docility  and  meekness  to  those  who  are  the 
guardians  and  expositors  of  that  law,  and  your  divinely- 
appointed  guides  in  the  pilgrimage  of  this  life.     Above 
all  things,  shun  singularity,  and  fast  in  secret ;  that  is, 
keep  your  intention  pure ;  and,  from  the  secret  chamber 
of  your  heart,  let  your  Heavenly  Father  alone  be  ac- 
quainted with  the  affectionate  sincerity  of  your  homage, 
and  the  devout  simplicity  of  your  obedience.     Avoid  all 
extremes;  Jonathan  snatched  the  honey-comb  with  too 
nnich  impatience ;  the  Israelites  in  the  desert  clamoured 
for  more  savoury  food ;  the  unha])i)y  children  of  Heli  were 
too  anxious  for  the  well-cooked  morsels  of  their  own 
choice;  the  doomed  inhalntants  of  Sodom  devoured  too 
much ;  the  rejected  soldiers  of  Gideon  were  intemperate 
in  the  use  of  water  ;  and  even  a  vile  mess  of  pottage  was 
swallowed  greedily  l)y  Esau.     Thus,  sinful  excess  does 
not  always  depend  uj^on  the  (juality  of  our  food,  but  on 
the  unmortiiied  and  irregular  appetite  with  which  it  is 
consumed. 

Those,  who  for  just  reasons  are  either  totally  or  par- 
tially dispensed  from  the  general  Law  of  the  Cliurch  re- 
specting the  Fast  of  Lent,  we  would  earnestly  recommend 
to  make  for  such  indidgence  every  compensation  in  their 
power,  by  alms-deeds  and  other  works  of  mercy,  by  fer- 
vent i)rayer,  and  diligent  meditation  on  the  great  truths 
of  eternity  ;  and,  as  the  Church  has  ai)pointed  separate 
portiims  of  the  Gospel,  and  different  selections  from  the 
oth(!r  parts  of  Holy  Scripture,  for  every  day  in  Lent,  trea- 
sure uj)  in  your  hearts.  Dearly  Beloved  Bi-ethren,  those 
})recious  words  of  the  Lord,  wliicli  "are  sweeter  ihnv. 
2  • 


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lioiiey  and  the  lioney-coml  >,"  and  thus  let  your  souls  derive 
new  vigour  and  life,  not  from  the  "  food  which  perisheth," 
but  "from  every  word  that  proceeds  from  the  mouth  of 
God."     AVith  the  Royal  Prophet  David,  "  meditate  on 
the  commandments  of  the  Lord,"  and  "love"  them,  for 
"  all  llis  commandments  arc  truth."     "  Love  the  laAV  of 
God,"  and  let  it  be  your  "  meditation  the  whole  day  long," 
for  "  the  law  of  the  Lord  is  unspotted,  converting  souls, 
the  testimony  of  the  Lord  is  faitliful,  giving  wisdom  to 
little  ones."     Ask  Him  to  "  give  you  understanding  that 
you  may  know  His  testimonies  "  and  tliat  you  may  not 
be  "as  the  unlearned  and  unstalile  who  pervert  the  Scri})- 
tures  to  their  own  destruction  ; "  for  "  there  is'  a  way  that 
seems  straight  tc   man,  but   the  ends   thereof  lead  to 

death." 

And,  as  the  great  object  of  tlie  Lenten  Fast  is  to 
weaken  concupiscence,  to  purify  the  heart,  to  prepare  you 
for  a  perfect  reconciliation  Avith  God  in  the  Sacrament  of 
Penance,  and  for  an  intimate  union  with  Jesus  Christ  in 
the  Adorable  Eucharist,  take  sj^ecial  care  to  avoid  all 
dangerous  occasions  of  sin,  to  mortify  your  senses,  to  re- 
.■,traiu  your  eyes,  "that  they  nuiy  not  see  vanity,"  and 
your  ears  that  they  may  not  listen  to  obscenity  or  de- 
traction ;  and  your  tongue,  that  it  may  speak  purity, 
charity  and  truth  ;  and  your  hands,  that  they  may  refrain 
from  injustice,  and  exercise  the  works  of  mercy  ;  and  your 
feet,  that  you  may  "  keep  them  from  every  evil  way,"  and 
your  Avliole  body,  that  it  may  1)e  likened  to  the  similitude 
of  the  innocent  and  crucified  Body  of  Jesus.    If  you  Avisli 
that  His  Passion  and  Death  should  be  your  Peace  and 
Reconciliation,  "follow  peace  with  all  men"  (for  all  are 
your  brethren),  "  and  holiness,  without  which  no  or.e  can 
see  God."     Love  your  neighbour,  tbrgive  your  enemy,  be 
reconciled  wdth  your  brother.     Repair  to  the  utmost  of 


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your  poAver  all  the  injury  you  have  done  him,  whether  in 
property  or  character  ;  and,  having  thus  effected  an  en- 
tire reconciliation  with  your  l>rother,  you  may  come  to 
the  Altar,  to  offer  your  gift  of  contrition  and  lov^  with 
pure  hands  and  regenerated  heart. 

And,  whlht  we  exhort  you  to  perform  all  tlie  duties 
of  fraternal  love  to  every  creature  of  God,  both  within 
and  without  the  True  Fold  of  Jesus  Christ  His  Son,  we 
make  a  special  appeal  to  your  tenderest  sym])athie3  in 
behalf  of  those  "  other  sheep  who  are  not  of  this  fold," 
in  behalf  of  that  numerous  class  of  our  beloved  neifdi- 
bours  and  brethi'en  who  "have  gone  astray  from  Uie 
womb  (of  our  holy  mother  the  Cliurch)  and  have  spoken 
false  things  "  on  account  of  this  unliai)i^y  separation.     O, 
Dearly  Beloved  Brethren,  for  them  we  invoke  your  most 
fervent  j^rayers,  together  with  the  potent  influence  of 
your  edifying  example.      Sad   and   bitter  was  the  day 
wliich  ))elie]d  tlin  (]isni]iti()ii  of  Clu'istian  Union;  calami- 
tous the  tinu'  when  all  Cliristcndoni  was  convulsed  by  the 
rude.  shock<  of  religion,  rebellion;    when  the  2>eoi:»le  of 
God  were  divided  into  hostile  camps,  and  those  who  had 
formerly  "walked  together  with  consent  in  the  House  of 
God,"  were  delivered  up  to  all  the  horrors  of  disunion, 
and  unchristian  strife.     Then  was  rent  asunder  "  the  seam- 
less garment"  of  Jesus  Christ:  in  those  disastrous  times 
the  "unity  of  the  spirit "Avas  distur])ed,  and  "the  bond 
of  peace  "  broken !    O,  how  contrary  to  the  end  of  Christ's 
mission !     Hoav  diametrically  opposed  to  the  spirit  of  His 
Word,  to  the  teachings  of  His  life,  to  the  object  of  His 
constant  i)rayer  ^    He  is  a  God,  "  not  of  dissension,  but  of 
l)eace,"  not  of  discordant  confusion,  but  of  harmonious 
loA-e.     Foretold  by  the  Proi)het  as  "  the  Prince  of  Peace  " 
He  has  fully  confirmed  His  title  to  this  glorious  epithet ; 
"making  peaceable  by  the  blood  of  His  Cross  the  ndu& 


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W^ 


that  are  in  Heaven,  and  the  things  that  are  on  earth." 
Wherefore.^  "  He  is  oiir  Peace,  who  hath  made  lioth  one 
.  making  void  the  law  of  conniiandmenti?  contained  in 
decrees,  that  He  might  make  the  two  in  Himself  into  one 
new  man,  making  peace,  and  might  reconcile  Lotli  to  God 
in  One  Body  by  the  Cross,  killing  the  enmities  in  Him- 
self. And  coming.  He  preached  peace  to  yon  ihat  were 
afar  off,  and  peace  to  them  that  were  nigh  ;  for  by  Him 
we  have  access  Ijotli  in  one  spirit  to  the  Thither."  And 
hence  (as  the  Apostle  here  concinues  in  his  Epistle  to  the 
Ephesians),  "  we  are  no  more  strangers  and  foreigners, 
Ijut  fellow-citizens  with  the  Saints,  and  domestics  of  God, 
l)uilt  upon  the  foundation  of  the  Proi)het3  and  Apostles, 
Jesus  Christ  Himself  being  the  chief  corner-stone,  in  Avhom 

ALL  THE   BUILDIXG    BEING    FRAMED    TOGETHER,  grOSVeth    up 

into  an  Holy  Temple  in  the  Lord." 

Thus,  at  His  b.irth,  the  Angels  proclaimed  "Peace  on 
earth ;  "  during  His  mortal  life  He  promoted  peace  by 
word  and  example.     When  His  "beautiful  feet"  were 
seen  "upon  the  mountains "  He  evangelized  Peace.     "  Go 
in  Peace,''  was  His  favourite  expression  to  those  Avho  were 
made  whole  from  all  their  diseases  by  His  omnipotent 
mercy.     When  He  sent  His  disciples  to  propagate  His 
holy  doctrine,  "  Peace  be  unto  tiiis  house"  was  to  he  their 
familiar  salutation.      Ho  declared   the  lovers  and  pro- 
moters of  Peace  to  l)e  "  Bl-  -('((,"  and  th,it  they  should  be 
"called  the  children  ui  LoiV     When  he  reproved  His 
over-zefdous  Apostle  for  an  infraction  of  peace.  He  pro- 
claimed that  "  all  who  use  the  sword,  would  ])erish  by 
the  sword."     At  his  death.  He  made  Pea'ce  by  His  Blood 
between  earth  and  Heaven,  and  after  His  glorious  Pesur- 
rection,  as  if  this  "  Peace  of  God  which  surpasseth  all  un- 
derstanding" was  the  p-'ncipal  object  of  His  mission  and 
the  noblest  fruit  of  liis  triumph,  "  Peace  be  to  you  "  was 


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was 


His  first  sfilutation  to  [lis  son-owing  Apostles,  and,  as  it 
wei'c,  to  impress  more  (lee])ly  upon  them  tlie  inestimable 
value  of  the  heavenly  gift,  He  repeats  a  second  time  : 
"  Peace  be  unto  you !  "  And  to  shew  them  the  nature  of 
this  blessed  Peace,  and  how  different  it  was  from  the- false 
j)eace  of  the  Avorld,  He  said  to  them  :  "  Peace  I  leave  ycu. 
My  Peace  I  give  you  ;  not  as  the  Avorld  gives  do  I  give 
it  to  you." 

This  heavenly  Peace  was,  therefore,  the  Legacy  of 
Christ,  and  all  His  true  children  will  undoubtedly  possess 
the  precious  inheritance.   He  did  not  bequeathe  His  Paace 
in  vain  ;    and   He   therefore   left,   in  the  Unity  of  His 
Church,  most  elncacious  means  for  securing  it  to  His  faith- 
ful disciples.     Peace  is  the  fruit  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  the 
i^;)irlt  of  Love.     There  can  be  no  peace  on  earth  without 
fharity  ;  there  can  lie  no  mutual  charity  Avithout  thorough 
union,  and  because  union  is  necessary  for  Peace  and  Love, 
Our  Lord  constructed  the  Glorious  body  of  the  Church, 
in  the  Unity  of  one  House,  of  one  Bark,  of  one  Kino-dom, 
of  one  yiieepfold,  with  the  Head  united  to  the  members, 
and  the  mend^ei-s  knit  together  in  the  bonds  of  love.    To 
preserve  this  Unity  He  placed   One  Shepherd  over  this 
One  sheepfold,  and,  to  guard  against  the  dangers  of  di- 
vision. He  constituted  a  Centre  of  Unity  around  which, 
and  in  connection  with  wliicli,  the  children  of  peace  were 
to  find  security  and  repose.    In  holy  Scripture  the  Church 
f  God  is  compared  to  one  Spouse,  to  one  Army,  to  one 
human  body,  to  one  Kingdom,  to  one  Sheepfold,  to  one 
House ;  and  as  one  visi]»le  head  is  necessary  fijr  each,  so 
lie  appointed  One  Head  over  His  Church,  to  feed  His 
Lambs  and  his  Sheep.     "  One  is  my  Dove,  my  perfect 
one  is  l)ut  one "  (Cant.  vi.  8).      "  She  is  terriWe  as  an 

army  set  in  array  "  (Ibid.).     "The  Father  of  Glory 

hath  subjected  all  things  under  his  (Christ's)  feet,  and 


o 


<  i 


it 


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PASTORAL   LETTER. 


M 


I 


hatli  inado  liiin  head  over  all  the  Cliiircli  wliicli  is  Ills 
Body  "  (Ephe^.  i.  32).     "  In  the  days  of  those  Khigdoiiis 
the  God  of  heaven  will  set  up  a  Kixgdo.ai  that  shall  never 
he  destroyed,  and  His  Kingdom  shall  not  be  delivered 
up  to  another  peoi)le ;  and  it  shall  break  to  pieces,  and 
shall  consume  all    these   Kingdoms;    and  Itself  cJiall 
STAND  FOR  EVKu''  (Dan.  ii.  44).     This  is  the  Kingdom  of 
Christ  over  which  "He  was   appointed  King"  (Ps.  ii.  0) 
by  His  Heavenly  Father.     'Jliis  is  the  One  Kingdom, 
whose  eternal  duration,  in  '\iliilment  of  the  pro])hecy  of 
Daniel,  was  announced  by  the  Angel  Galjriel  to  his  ever- 
Blessed  ]Mother,  when  he  said  :  "  He  shall  reign  in  the 
house  of  Jacol)  for  ever,  and  of  IIis  Klxgdom  there  shall 
l)e  no  end"  (Luke  i.  X),  2'd).     Thij  is  the  One  Kingdom 
to  Avhich  the  King  of  Kings  so  frequently  alludes  in  the 
Gospels,  and  of  wliich  He  said:  "The  Son  of  :\bin  shall 
send  his  angels,  and  they  sliall  gather  out  of  IIis  Kix<^- 
DOM  all  Sc.an(hils'\Abitt  xiii.  41). 

The  Church  of  (Jod  is  the  oxio  suekpfold,  of  v.hich 
Christ  Himself  was  the  first  visilde  Sheidierd,  within 
which  alone  there  is  security  against  the  Infernal  Avolf ; 
in  whicli  alone  the  sheep  of  Christ  "liear  his  voice;"  for 
which  One  Fold,  Christ,  the  "good  vSlu'pherd  laid  down 
IIis  life  for  His  sheep;''  and  f  )r  the  Unity  of  which  Fold 
He  was  so  anxious,  tiiat  He  a(hh'd  :  ''And  other  sheep  I 
have  tluit  are  not  of  this  F(»i.i>:  tlu-m,  aiso,  I  nmst  bring, 
and  they  sliall  liear  my  voiee,  ami  tliere  shall  l»e  One 
Fold,  AM)  Onk  SiiKi'iiKiM)"  (John  x.,  pa-si m).  This  is 
the  Chuivh  which  tlie  Ai)ostle  calls  One  House,  in  his 
Kpistle  to  Tinu)thy  (iii.  i:>),  where  lie  terms  it  "The 
Hou-e  of  (iod,  which  i>  Tin;  Cmia  ii  of  tuf.  Livix<i  Tiod, 
tlie  Pillar  and  Ground  ol'  Truth."  The  Church  was  ])re- 
fiu'ured  by  the  one  Ark  ol'  Noe,  in  Avliich  alone  were  saved 
tlie  few  souls  who  escape<l  from  the  waters  of  the  deluge; 


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His 


and  it  was  most  clearly  represented  by  the  one  Bark  of 
Peter  in  -which  Jesns  presided  at  the  helm,  from  which 
He  tauo-ht  tlie  niultitud(\s  and  which  He  2'iiided  in  safet\' 
amidst  the  dangers  of  the  temjx'st. 

Now,  His  House  is  not  a  divided  House,  nor  can  His 
Kingdom  he  a  divided  Kingdom.  Unity  nuist  prevail; 
for  He  well  knew,  and  carefnlly  guarded  against,  the  dan- 
gers of  division,  who  said:  "Every  Kingdom  divided 
against  itself  shall  he  brought  to  (h^solation,  and  house 
upon  house  shall  foil"  ( Luke  xi.  17).  He  establislied 
His  Kingdom  in  the  unity  of  faith,  and  tlie  unity  of  love, 
that  all  His  children  niii4'ht  believe  the  same  thino-,  and 
there  might  be  no  schisms  amongst  them;  that  the  sheep 
of  His  One  Fold  might  feed  on  the  same  jiasture,  under 
the  guardianshi])  of  One  Shepherd,  in  unity  and  love. 
This  lenity  of  Faith,  the  A])ostle  most  clearly  announces 
in  his  K])istle  to  the  E[)hesians  (iv. ,")),  "0\e  Loud;  One 
FAnn;  One  BAPTis^r,"  deducing, as  it  were,  the  necessary 
unity  of  faith  and  discipline,  from  the  unity  of  God  him- 
self. For  this  Unity  of  Love,  Christ  prayed  to  His  Father 
and  shed  His  most  precious  Bhiod.  He  died,  as  the  Fvan- 
gelist  t(.'lls  us,  according  to  the  ])roplucy  of  the  Jewish 
High  Priest,  "to  gather  in  oxic  tlu^  children  of  God  tliat 
were  dispeised  (John  xi.  rr2).  Tiie  (>arnest  fervour  of 
I  lis  prayer  foi'  Unity  sjiows  with  what  love  He  died  to 
secure  it  f  >r  His  Uhurch  :  "  Holy  Father,  hce})  them  in 
th\  name  whom  thou  hast  given  me,  that  thevmavbc 
OxK,  AS  WK  ALSO  ark"  (John  xvii.  11).  And  to  j.iove 
that  the  unity  for  which  He  prayed,  and  jirayed  eilica- 
ciously,  was  not  t«)  be  confined  to  the  Ajiostolic  a<''e,  lavt 
waw  to  su1>sist  for  ever  in  His  Gliuicli,  He  adde(l  (v.  x^n, 
21),  "And  not  f.r  them  only  do  I  ])i'ay,  but  for  them 
also,  who,  through  theii-  word,  shall  believe  in  me,  that 
they  ALL   MAY   UK  oNK,  as   thou,  Father,  in  me,  and  I  in 


I 


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Jt- 


thee :  that  tliey  also  may  l^e  one  in  us ;  tlhat  the  worhl 
may  believe  that  thou  hast  sent  me.  And  the  glovy 
which  thou  hast  given  me,  I  have  given  to  them,  that 
they  may  be  oxe,  as  ave  also  are  One.  I  in  them,  and 
thou  in  me,  that  they  may  be  perfect  in  Oxe"  (Id.  20, 
28),  This  double  unity,  of  Faith,  and  Loving  Communion, 
is  alluded  to  by  the  Apostle  wlien  he  tells  the  Ephesians 
to  "be  careful  to  keep  the  unity  of  the  spirit  in  the  Iwnd 
of  peace.  One  Body  and  One  Spirit :  as  you  are  called 
in  one  hope  of  your  calling  "  (iv,  8,  4).  The  Holy  Fathers 
and  illustrious  Doctors  of  the  fn-st  agvs  of  Christianity 
have  unanimously  taught  the  same  scrii)tui'al  doctrine 
concerning  the  unity  of  Christ's  Church,  and  the  danger 
of  eternal  damnation  incurred  by  those  who  disturb  this 
unity  even  by  schism,  as  well  as  by  heres}'.  (a)  To  re- 
nounce the  One  "  Faith  once  delivered  to  tlie  Saints," 
was,  in  their  opinion,  to  forfeit  heaven.  To  break  olf 
communion  Avitli  the  centre  of  Unity,  and  to  refuse  obe- 
dience to  the  Chair  of  Peter,  was  to  shake  off  allegiance 
to  God  Even  if  another  A])ostle  "would  erect  another 
hi  opposition  to  this  single  chair,  he  would  be  a  schismatic 
and  ])revaricator."  And  lu'cause  "one"  (of  the  xYpostles) 
"is  chosen,  that  by  tlu;  appointment  of  a  Head,  occasion 
of  schism  might  be  i'i'mi»ve(l,"  whosoever  "was  uuiteil  in 
comnumiou  with  the  Chair  of  l\'ter,  folh)\ve(l  no  chief 
hut  Clu'ist,  AVhosoever  eat  the  Lamb  ont>i(h'  tliat  house 
was  }>rofane.  AVhosoever  was  not  in  lliat  ark  would 
perish  In  tlie  lU»od,"  And  again,  "  He  that  for>ook  the 
Clnucli  of  Christ  had  no  shari'  in  the  rewai'ds  of  Christ: 
lie  was  a  stranger,  he  was  ])rof  me,  he  was  an  enemy  :  lie 
could  not  have  (iod  for  his  Father,  if  he  had  not  the 
'  Church  for  his  ^^ttller.  There  was  no  other  TToii>e  for 
l)elievers  except  the  ( )ne  Cihmuii."  The  crime  of  hreuk- 
hiL' this  unity  of  the  Church  was  termed  hy  tho>i'  holy 


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f 


men  "an  iuexpiaLle  crime,"  wlikli  "no  shedding  of  l)lood 
could  atone  for."  It  was  called  "  a  most  horrid  sacrilege," 
it  was  compared  to  "murder"  and  "idolatry,"  and  said 
to  be  even  much  more  enormous  than  the  crime  of  the  cow- 
ardly Tkaditors  who  gave  up  the  Scriptures  to  the  Pa- 
gans to  be  committed  to  the  flames. 

I+'  \  -e  have  thus  given  a  true  scriptural  notion  of  the 
Unity  of  the  Church,  what  are  we  to  think  of  the  nnilti- 
tudinous  sects  and  so-called  churches,  which  now  iill  the 
world,  and  which   agree   in  nothing  but  disagreement? 
The  language  of  true  Faith  is  one  and  invariable ;   but 
they  have  introduced  among  the  people  of  God  more 
discordant  sounds  than  were  heard  in  the  confusion  of 
Babel.     And,  without  taking  a  general  survey  of  Chris- 
tendom, but  coniiniug  our  attention  to  this  Province  of 
Nova  iScotia,  have  Ave  not  every  reason  to  deplore  the 
non-existence  of  Unity  in  Conmumion   and   Faith?     So 
nniny  ditlerent  churches  (as  thoy  are  termed),  so  many 
various  creeds,  sucli  endless  diversity  of  scrii)tural  inter- 
pretation, so  many  clashing'  systems,  discordant    opinions, 
irreconcilable  tenets,  contradictory  dogmas,  and  deplora- 
ble divisions?     No  onunon  liead,  no  common  centre,  no 
connnon  bond  of  union!     AVas  this  the  Unity  for  which 
CUirist  prayed,  for  which  Christ  shed  his  blood  i     V\\\\nt 
against  puli)it ;  connnunion-table  against  altar;  tignrative 
commemoration  against  sacrifice  ;  pi'iesth(K>d  against  Fpis- 
coi)acy ;  nature  against  grace;  predt.'stination  against  free- 
will ;  imputed  righteousnes^i  against  sacramental  ellicacy; 
barren  faitli  against  fruitful  works;   i)rivate  judgment 
against  Church  authority  !     Even  in  the  very  city  from 
whicli  we  Avrite,  how  many  ditlerent  creeds,  and  formulas, 
and  i>laces  of  worshij)!     Some  believe  that  Christ  estab- 
lislied  a  Cliurch  with  a  visible  Head,  and  otliers  deny  it. 
Some  hold  that  tlie  Church  Avhicli  lie  founded  on  a  rock, 


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■■■i 


could  never  ])e  overtui'iied  ])y  t]ie  infernal  powers  ;  wliilst 
otliei-s  maintain  that  she   has  fallen    into    innumerable 
errors,  and  that  consequently  the  gates  of  hell  h((ve  pre- 
vailed ji^uainst  he]',  notwithstanding  the  solemn  i)i'omise 
of  her  (livine  Founder,  (n)     Some  believe  that  the  bap- 
tism of  infants  is  ])oth  lawful  and  necessary;  others  deny 
it.     Some  teach  that  by  IJaptism,  Original  Sin  is  blotted 
(Hit;  others  regard  it  as  a  mere  ceremonial  of  enrolment 
in  a  religious  1)ody,  ])ut  by  no  means  essential.     Some  de- 
clare that  Christ  left  to  his  Church  the  power  of  for-iv- 
iug  sins;  others  deny  that  lie  has  given,  or  could  give 
such  ]X)wer  to  men  ;  whilst  others  sti'angely  enoui.h''ad- 
mit  such  a  pou-er  in  Christ's  human  minister  at  Il-'ptism, 
l)ut  deny  that  he  can  possess  such  a  power  for  the  I'emis- 
sion  of  sins  after  the  i-cception  of  that  Sacrament.     Some 
believe  that  legitimate  ordination  and  jurisdiction  from 
the  Church  of  Christ,  are  necessary  for  the  ])i-eaching  of 
His  VVord  ;  others  think  that  any  man  who  feels  ///wiw/ 
he  has  a  call  to  do  so,  may  assume  the  functions  of  an 
Evangelist.     Some  ])rofess  that  Clirist  bequeathed  His 
real  Body  and  Blood  to  His  Church  at  His  last  Supper, 
and  that  unless  this  real  Bo.ly  be  eaten,  and  this  real 
Blood  be  drunken  according  to  His  own  declaration,  we 
cannot  have  life  in  ns:  others  maintain  that  meiv  ])read 
and^  wine  are  consumed,  as  a  memorial   and   ligure  of 
Christ's  death,  mid  that  tlie  transubstantiation  (.f  Ihe  Eu- 
charistic  elements  is  a  fond  superstition.     Some  Iiold  that 
the  pastor  has  the  right  to  rule  and  teach  his  Hock  in  the 
name  of  Christ,  and   i.y  the  authority  of  His  Church; 
others  that  the  flock  have  the  light  to\-ule  the  pastor,  to 
judge  liis  doctrine,  and  to  condemn  it,  as  each  one  tliinks 
fit.    Some  iK'lieve  that  the  Holy  Apostles  and  otliei-  faith- 
ful  servants  of  (;,,,!,  now  reigning  with  Him   in  Heaven, 
may  l)e  honoured  on  earth  ;  others  are  ihitly  oi)])osed  to 


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s ;  whilst 
imcrable 
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the  l);ip- 
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i  l)lotted 
ii'olinent 
?<)iiie  (le- 
f  toi'^iv- 
ihl  give 

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.  Some 
>ii  t'roiu 
L'hiiio'  of 

// 1  m  ■self 
IS  of  ail 
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Slipper, 
liis  real 
("ion,  we 
'  bread 
yiire  of 
the  Eu- 
•Id  that 
V  ill  tlie 
"Iniivh  ; 
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'  tliinks 
•I-  iHidi- 
I  leaven, 
o.sed  to 


such  doctrine.     Some  think  it  is  good  and  useful  to  ask 
the  prayers  of  the  saints  ;  others  hold  it  to  be  rank  idol- 
atry ;  Avhilst  others,  who  refuse  to  ask  the  prayers  of  the 
saints  in  Heaven,  admit  it  is  right  to  solicit  the  prayers  of 
sinners  on  earth  !    SoLie  Tjelieve  in  the  existence  of  Hell ; 
others  deny  it ;  and  some  others  who  reject  the  idea  of 
Purgatory,  say  that  the  torments  of  Hell  will  not  1)e  eter- 
nal !     Some  firmly  believe  that  the  Pope  is  the  successor 
of  St.  Peter;  others,  that  he  is  Antichrist,  altliougli  in 
this  supposition,  there  must  have  been  nearly  two  hun- 
dred and  sixty  Antichrists  instead  of  one,  since  St.  Petei's 
time !    Some  hold  that,  as  successor  of  St.  Peter,  on  whom 
the  Church  was  built,  and  to  whom  Christ  gave  the  ke}s 
of  the  kingdom  of  Heaven,  and  the  i»ower  io  feed  hi.' 
entire  flock,  both  lambs  and  slieej),  the  Pope  is  the  visible 
head  of  the  Church  ;  others,  in  denying  this,  assert  that 
the  Church  has  only  an  invisible  head  in  Christ  himself, 
or  that  the  head  is  in  London,  or  Scotland,  or  the  United 
States,  or  Nova  Scotia,  or  that  each  mernJ>er  of  the  tharch 
?.y  (f  head  in  hhmeh\  and  a  ■pa-sto}'  to  him-^rJffalb/  ^^nall- 
fed  to  rule,  <jovei'n,  direct,  and  teach  hinimlf !  (c) 

"Now,  Dearly  Beloved  Prethren,  we  fearlessly  ask;  is 
tills  the  Unity  of  the  Churcii  for  which  Christ  prayed, 
and  I'or  whieh'  He  offered  up  His  life  ?     Is  this  the  "  One 
Faith''  or  ''One  P)aptism"   deseribed  by  the  Ajiostle  ? 
Can  we  call  this  chaotic  medley  "the  Unity  of  the  Sjnrit 
hi  th"  Im.ikI  of  peaces"     Is  this  the  ])OSsession  of  "One 
heart  and  one  soiiT'  like  ihe  unity  of  the  first  members 
of  tlic  Chni'ch  i     Is  this  being  "all  one"  as  Jesus  "is  in 
the  Father,  and  the  Father  in  Him  i "     Does  this  state  of 
tliinii's  represent  Jesus   in    the   niend)ers  of  the  Church, 
and    they   in   Him,  so  that  they  are   "made  Perfect  in 
Onef'      "Who  e(»uld   ]iresnme  to  term  this  disjointed 
mass  of  contradictions  the  perfection  <f  ITnitij,  or  indeed 


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Unity  at  all  ?  AVliore  is  the  concord  of  the  one  House, 
under  tlie  same  1^'atlier  of  tlie  faniil\- ;  of  the  one  Shiji, 
under  the  same  Pilot;  of  tlie  one  Kingdom,  under  the 
same  Sovereign;  of  the  one  Fold,  under  the  same  Shep- 
herd ;  of  the  one  Body,  under  the  same  Head  ?  Who 
can  suppose  that  our  Lord  ever  iuteiuled,  that  the  peace 
and  unity  which  lie  left  to  His  Church,  should  be  ex- 
emplified in  what  we  hei-e  l)ehold  in  a  city  of  less  than 
thii'ty  thousand  souls,  with  no  agreement  in  belief,  no 
common  head,  no  recognized  centre  of  union,  no  general 
rule  of  Faith;  with  a  ditlerent  Church  in  almost  every 
street,  and  doctrines  promulgated  in  each,  which  are  con- 
tradictory to  those  ])i'oi)ouiided  in  nearly  all  the  rest? 
Ah  !  no:  such  is  not  the  Unity  which  Christ  communica- 
ted to  His  Church  ;  and  in  vain  Avill  it  be  pretended,  that 
the  ditl'ercnces  are  on  minor  points,  and  non-essential  doc- 
trines; for,  as  every  candid  Christian  must  admit,  those 
doctrinal  ditl'erences  concern  matters  of  the  most  vital 
importance.  Did  Christ  establish  an  Infallible  Church  or 
not^  Are  the  Body  and  Blood  <>f  Christ  really  present 
in  tlie  Holy  Sacrament  or  not^  Are  the  Scriptures  the 
only  Ride  of  Faith  for  all  mankind  a\  ithont  exception? 
Ila<  each  one  the  right  to  interpret  tlicm  for  himself?  Is 
Ha]>tism  necessary  tor  Salvation?  Has  Christ  left  to  Ilis 
Church  the  power  of  forgiving  sins  ?  lias  this  Church 
the  power  to  teach,  to  judge,  and  to  anathematize;  and 
are  all  bound  to  subniit  to  her  authority?  Is  faith  alone 
sufficient  for  snlvation  i  Are  fasting  and  al)stinence,  and 
other  cor[)<>r,d  jiusterities  I'epugnant  to  Holy  Scrij)ture ; 
are  they  necessary  foi"  the  sinner;  are  they  injui'iou-i  or 
sujicrstitions  i  lias  the  death  of  Christ  done  every  thing 
for  the  sinner,  and  left  him  nothing  to  do  tbi-  his  salva- 
tion ?  is  man  at  anytime  unable  to  control  his  sinful 
ap{)etites,  or  c;in  he,  if  lie  u  ill,  at  :dl  times  control  tliem, 


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by  tlie  assistance  of  Divine  grace?     Is  tbe  doctrine  of 
predestination  true  ;  or  is  the  Divine  prescience  incompa- 
tible with   the  freedom   of  man's  Avill?      Are    Bisliops 
esjential  to  the  Churcli,  or  Priests  only ;  or  is  ordination, 
or  jurisdiction  from  the  Churcli,  necessary  to  preach  the 
Gospel,  and  administer  the  Sacraments  ?     Are  there  any 
S.vcraments  in  the  New  Law ;  or  is  there  any  Sacrifice 
still  subsisting  i     Is  there  a  Hell ;  and  is  the  punishment 
there  eternal  or  not  ?     Is  it  possil)le  to  define  from  Scrip- 
ture what  are  fundamental  articles  of  belief,  and  what  are 
not?     AVhat  authority  is  to  pronounce  upon  essentials 
and  ncm-essentials  ?     Is  each  individual  to  believe  what 
he  pleases,  and  to  declare  that  in  liis  judgment  of  tlie 
Scri[)tur.'>,  any  doctrine  whicli  ho  wishes  to  i-cject,  i-  not 
a  fundamental  point?     WouM   n^  t  this  modern  fiction, 
of  fundament.ds  and  non-fun(himei.tals,  lead  to  universal 
incredulity,  to  the  disbelief  of  all  mysteries,  to  the  denial 
of  the  Trinity,  the  Incarnation,  the  miracles  of  Christ,  the 
establishment  of  the  Churcli,  the  existence  of  a  Priest- 
hood, the  divhie  inspiration  of  Cod's  AVord,— in,  fine  the 
destruction    of    all   Pvcligion  ?      Yes,    Dearly   Beloved 
Brethren,  here  are  grave  cpiestions,  of  vital  moment,  with 
the  solution  of  whicli  are  intimately  connected  the  very 
foundations  of  Christiainty,  the  unity  of  the  Cliurch,  the 
harmonious  communion  in  fiitli  of  God's  children,  the 
eternal  interests  of  man.     Who  could  dare  to  say,  that, 
whilst   such    important    dogmas    are    left,    in    different 
chui'ches,    to    the  uncertain,  capricious,  and  conlhcfing 
oi>inions    of     each    indivi(hiaK    all    such    Churches    are 
Ox\F-  as  Christ  and   His  Father  are  One?  that  they  can 
])reserve  the  unity  of  the  s[)irit  in  the  bond  of  peace  ?  that 
their  eternal  oi)positIon,  consistent  only  in  inconsistencies, 
:uid  in  palpable  contradictions  alone  liarmonious,  rei)re- 
seuts  the  perfect  Uiiil>J,  for  whicli  Christ  prayed  ?     Alas ! 


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,ti|,.i 


no:  the  very  thought  is  l)ln:^})]ieinoii3;  it  would  give  the 
lie  to  Jesus  Christ,  and  make  Him  equally  inclirtereiit  to 
truth  and  falsehood. 

We  do  not,  however,  Dearly  Belo\^ed  Brethren,  write 
these  things  principally  for  you.     P'or  you  are  securely 
fastened  to  the  rock  (that  is  to  Peter)  upon  which  Christ 
built  His  Church.     You  are  bound  by  indissolul)le  links 
to  the  OTeat  centre  of  Christian  LTuitv.     To  use  the  Avords 
oi  St.  Jerome,  you  are  associated  "  with  the  Successor  of 
the  fisherman,  and  the  Disciple  of  the  Cross,"  and  in  his 
"hnuse  you  may  feast  on  the  Lamb  Avithout  profanation." 
"  Whosoevei-  is  united  to  the  Chair  of  Peter  is  yours ;  " 
— your  friend,  your  associate,  your  fellow-disci})le.     AYe 
have  been  sent  to  you  from  that  Yenerable  Chair ;  we 
have  come  from  that  centre  of  union ;    wc  preach  and 
teach  by  that  Apostolic  authority.     AVe  and  you,  the 
Pastor  and  I*eople,  all  recognize  the  common  Head,  and 
iu  listening  to  the  voice  of  the  visil)le,  we  obey  the  Great 
Invisi1)le  Head.     We  heed  not  the  silly  objection,  that 
that  One,  Adorable,  Invisible  Head,  and  Spouse  of  the 
Church,  is  sufficient,  and  that  no  other  is  rerpiired:  for 
we  know  that  His  visible  Church  reouired  also  a  visible 
Head,  and  that  such  a  Head  was  appointed  by  Him  in 
the  person  of  Peter,  and  his  Successors,  to  preserve  the 
Unity  of  the  Church  for  which  He  died.     We  know  that 
Christ   i>.  not   onlv  the  author,  but   also   the   Invisil)le 
Minister  of  all  the  Sacraments;  but  that,  n(.'\  utheless, 
He  has  appointed  visil»h!  A[iui<ters  of  them  iu  Dis  Church. 
The  Priest  "taken  from  ani<'iig-;t  men,"  administers  the 
Sacraments,  and  offers  the  Ach)ral)le  Sacrifice.     But  it  is 
Jesus,  the  Invisible  High  Priest,  wIk   ba})tizes,  Jesus  wlio 
absolves,  Jesus  who  confei's  His  liVerlasting  Priesthood, 
J    us  who  ofiers  up  tiie  victim.  His  own  IJody  and  Blood. 
So,  therefore,  thoufjh  He  is  the  Invisible  Head  and  lluler 


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of  the  Cliurcli,  He  has  appointed  a  visil)le  Iluler  and 
Slieplierd,  to  preserve  Ilis  Oxe  Beloved  Fold,  under  One 
Pastor,  and  to  guard  His  slieep  against  tlie  delusive  cries 
of  the  wolves  in  sliee})"s  clotldng,  "  Lo !  Christ  is  here : 
or  He  is  there"     (Matt.   xxiv.    23).      Hence,   witli   St. 
Ambrose,  we  know,  that  "  wiieue  Peteii  is,  tjieii]']  is  the 
Ciimicii;"  there  is  Unity,  there  is  Authority;  there  is 
Truth ;  there  is  Christ.     This  is  the  glorious  Catholic 
prineii)le  A^hich,  for  eighteen  centuries,  has  kept  the  mem- 
bers of  Christ's  Ijody  united  with  the  Head.     There  were 
many  rivulets,  but  they  tlo^-ed  from  the  same  fountain ; 
many  rays,  but  they  issued  from  the  same  Sun,  many 
branches,  but  they  were  united  with  the  same  Tree,  and 
derived  their  sustenance   from  the   same  Hoot;    many 
stones,  but  they  were  knit  together  in  the  same  Building, 
of  which  the  Apostles  and  Prophets  are  the  foundation, 
and  Jesus  Himself,  the  Prince  of  Peace  and  Lover  of 
Unity,  the  Chief  C-i-ner  Stone. 

Xot  therefore  for  ycni  chiefly,  Dearly  I>cloved  Bre- 
thren, do  we  Hisist  upon  the  necessity  of  Union  amongst 
the  people  of  God — not  for  \  i»u,  who  are  sateh"  moored 
with  the  Bark  of  Peter  in  the  only  haven  of  rest—but 
for  those  who  "  are  tossed  al)out  by  every  wind  of  doc- 
trine ; "  for  those  hapless  sheep  who  have  strayed  away 
from  the  security  of  the  "  One  Fold ; "  for  those  who  are 
"always  learning  and  never  arriving  at  the  knowledge  of 
the  truth,"  because,  instead  of  seeking  it  in  its  ])roper 
fountain,  they  "dig  t.)  themselves  broken  cisterns  which 
can  contain  no  Avater;"  f*n'  those  who  are  "  blhul,  and 
leaders  of  the  blind,"  as  Avell  as  for  their  unha]>py  dupes; 
for  those  who  have  been  taught  from  tlicir  infancy  to 
blasi)heme  the  Catholic  Church,  the  only  Church  on  earth 
that  is  truly  One,  tiiat  is  always  the  same,  that  has  braved 
all  damrers,  and   outlived  all   storms;— the  innnovable 


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Cliurcli  wLicli,  foiiiuled  on  a  rock,  lias  mocked  the  ravages 
of  time,  the  fury  of  tlie  element:^,  the  macliinations  of  the 
wicked,  and  all  the  jDower  of  hell.  Yen,  this  is  the 'One 
Dove,  the  Undefiled  one,  the  ]:»eloved  Spouse  of  Christ; 
this  is  the  Ark  of  Salvation,  the  holy  City  of  God,  the 
New  Jerusalem,  Avhicli  has  come  down  as  a  bride  from 
heaven  A\ith  all  those  decorations  which  should  adorn  the 
Spouse  of  Christ.  The  Catuoltc  Ciiukcii  is  the  One 
House  of  the  Living  God ;  the  One  Fold  under  One 
Shepherd;  the  One  Ship  undca*  the  guidance  of  Petei' ; 
the  One  S})iritual  Temple  in  which  alone  Christ  is  truly 
adored;  the  One  Kiniidom  of  which  lie  is  the  beloved 
Sovereign.  The  C^atholic  Church  is  the  only  Church 
which  has  been  assailed,  reviled,  and  persecuted  in  every 
age,  and  in  every  clime ;  the  only  Church  against  which 
the  AA'liohi  world  has  C(jmbined ;  which  this  wicked  world 
has  hated,  hated  with  a  malignity  that  has  surely  not 
been  inspired  by  IIea\'en ;  the  only  Church  that  has  been 
pursued  by  the  world  with  unceasing  fury,  with  remorse- 
less calunmy,  A\'itli  deliberate  misre})resentation,  with  un- 
blushing forgeries ;  Avith  racks,  chains  and  scourges;  with 
imprisonment  and  exile,  proscription  and  death.  Other 
religious  bodies  may  have  had  partial  persecution,  oc- 
casional struggles,  and  isolated  ojiposition ;  but  it  is  the 
glorious  privilege  of  the  Catliolic  Church  that  her  whole 
existence  throughout  time  and  space  is  a  continual  warfare, 
a  perpetual  martyrdom,  so  tliat  in  ller  alone  are  truly 
fulHlled  the  predictions  of  Christ  concerning  the  tribula- 
tions of  His  Church.  And  then,  if  we  consider  her 
miraculous  preservation  in  spite  of  all  this  opi)t)3ition — 
her  unmterrnjited  duration  amidst  the  vicissitudes  of 
time,  the  fall  of  empires,  the  wreck  of  nations,  the  change 
of  dynasties,  the  shoclc  of  revolutions,  the  upheaving  and 
overturning  of  almost  evei'y  thinu'  on   the   face  of  the 


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eartli,  must  we  not  he  tempted  to  exclaim  that  "tlie 
Most  Iligli  Himself  liatli  founded  her ; "  for  if  she  were 
of  human  :>nstruction  she  would  have  been  lomr  since 
destroyed  by  all  the  human  power  andiiendish  malice  that 
have  been  brought  to  bear  against  her  ?  llow  often  has 
her  destruction  been  confidently  predicted  ?  How  many 
prophetic  calculations  have  been  made  upon  her  ap- 
proaching doAvnfall !  How  frequently  have  not  "  the 
Kings  of  the  earth  and  its  princes  stood  up  against "  her, 
and  the  people  comlnned  to  destroy  her !  How  often 
lias  not  her  Chief  Pastf)r  been  stricken  with  the  sword  of 
persecution,  in  the  confident  hope  that  the  flock  would  be 
dispersed !  How  many  times,  even  in  the  present  cen- 
tury, has  not  the  downfall  of  the  Papacy  Ijeen  exultingly 
announced !  And  in  the  unhallowed  union  against  this 
Church,  was  found,  not  only  l)rute  force,  coercion,  violence, 
wealth,  jiower  and  talent,  but  all  the  inclinations  of  flesh 
and  blood,  all  the  stubborn  pride  of  fallen  man,  all  the 
perversion  of 'his  weakened  understanding,  with  all  the 
corruption  of  his  sinful  heart.  Still,  the  Catholic  Cliurch 
endured  all,  confronted  all,  defied  all  and  triumphed  over 
all.  Nations  and  Empires,  and  pretended  Churches  have 
disappeared;  but  she  is  still  young.  ITer  "youth  is  re- 
newed like  the  eagle's ; "  her  beauty,  like  that  of  her 
Divine  Founder,  is  always  ancient,  and  ever  new  !  Strong 
ill  her  unity,  mighty  in  her  truth,  ])owerful  in  possession 
of  tlie  Great  Chailer  to  "  Teach  All  Nations,"  she  stands 
erect,  l)efore  the  rage  of  hell,  an<l  the  malice  of  men,  and 
the  opposition  of  the  world,  and  she  will  stand  forever. 
Heaven  and  earth,  and  all  the  institutions  and  power  of 
man  may  pass  away,  but  the  Divine  Word,  upon  whicli 
she  was  founded,  will  never  pass  away.  "  They  shall 
])crisli,  but  thou  renjainest:  (as  we  may  address  the 
Catholic  Church  in  the  language  of  the  Psalmist)  and  they 


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shall  nil  groAV  old  as  a  garment.  And  as  a  vesture  tliou 
shalt  chanf^^e  tliem  and  they  shall  be  changed,  but  thou 
art  always  the  self  same,  and  thy  years  shall  not  Ml !  " 

Yes:  the  Catholic  Church  alone  has  preserved  Unity, 
for  she  has  been  uninterruptedly  governed  by  the  Suc- 
cessor of  Peter,  to  whom  Chriet  committed  the  care  of 
His  whole  flock.     That  Prince  of  the  Apostles  fixed  his 
See  in  Rome,  and  was  crucified  in  Rome,  as  all  anticiuity 
proclaims,  and  each  Bishop  of  Rome,  who  succeeded  him, 
rt-as  the  Head,  the  Fountain  and  Centre  of  Unity.     The 
oue  Body  of  the  Church  was,  theretbre,  a  living  Body; 
because  it  was  always  united  with  the  Head.     In  the 
contests  for  pre-eminence,  amongst  various  Churches  in 
the  early  ages,  none  ever  presumed  to  rpiestion  the  ex- 
clusive superiority  of  the  Roman  Apost<^lic  Chair,  "  on 
which  Peter  sat "  (says  St.  Augustine)  "  and  on  Avhich 
Anastasius  now  sits."     St.  Mark  the  Evangelist  and  Disci- 
ple of  Sfc.  Peter  founded  the  Patriarchal  See  of  Alexan- 
dria, and  this  see  enjoyed  a  pre-eminence'  over  that  of 
Antioch,  although  the  latter  was  established  l)y  ^he  Prince 
of  the  Apostles  himself;  for  Antioch  was  but  the  tempo- 
rary, and  not  the  fixed  and  final  seat  of  St.  Peter,  and  its 
first  Bishop  after  him,  Avas  Evodius,  who  was  neither  an 
Evangelist  nor  an  Apostle.     AVhen  the  seat  of  the  Empire 
was  transferred  by  Constantine  from  Rome  to  Constanti- 
nople, the  Eishops  of  the  new  Ca])ital,  although  they  w^ere 
only  SuliVagans  to  Ileraclea,  were  anxious  to  raise  their 
see  to  the  Pnlriarchal  dignity ;  and  their  aniT.)ition  went 
so  far,  as  to  usurp  an  autliority  and  j^i-imacy  over  both 
Alexandria  and  Antioch ;  but  they  never  aspired  to  an 
equality  with  Rome  ;  n3ver  (hired  to  claim  the  Primacy 
over  the  successors  of  St.  Pete-  in  tlie  Ro  ue/i  See.     They 
were  too  Avell  satisfied  to  rank  next  after  Rome  in  dignity, 
as  appears  from  the  Fifth  Canon  (some  Editions  call  it 


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the  Tliird)  of  tlie  First  Council  of  Constantinople :  "  Tlie 
Bishop  of  the  City  of  Constantinople  ought  to  have  the 
honour  of  Primacy  aftek  the  Bishop  of  Kome,  because 
it  is  New  Eome." 

This  pre-eminence  was  contirmed  to  Constantinople 
bv  a  Decree  of  the  Council  of  Chalcedon,  which  was  sur- 
reptitiously  obtained  in  the  absence  of  the  Pope's  Legates, 
who  on  the  very  next  day  protested  against  it,  as  did 
likewise  St.  Leo,  who  was  then  Pope,  or  Bishop  of  Home, 
in  his  letters  to  Anatolius  Bishop  of  Constantinople,  to 
the  Eni]ii'ess  Pulcheila,  and  others.  This  protestation 
was  continued  by  his  successors  down  to  the  time  of 
Justinian,  after  which  the  pre-eminence  was  sul>mitted  to 
for  the  sake  of  peace,  inasmuch  as  the  Bishops  of  Alex- 
andria and  Antiocii  had  tacitly,  if  not  actually  acquiesced, 
and  this  Decree  of  Chalcedon,  in  the  IBtli  Canon,  had 
not  infringed  ui^on,  but,  on  the  contrary  fully  recognized 
the  Priniatiai  dignity  of  the  lloman  See,  in  these  words : 
"  From  the  things  thy t  have  been  done,  and  deposed  by 
each -one,  we  determine  before  all  things  that  the  Primacy 
and  Chief  Honour,  be  preserved,  according  to  the  Canons, 
for  the  Most  Beloved  of  God,  the  Chief  Bishop  of  Old 
liome." 

The  Emperors  themselves  admitted  this  supreme 
spiritual  auth  jrity  in  the  Bishop  of  Rome.  A  joint  Let- 
ter of  A^alentinian  and  Marcijm  to  St.  Leo  on  the  calling 
of  this  very  Council  of  Chalcedon,  and  a  second  Letter, 
from  Marcian  to  the  same  holy  Pope,  are  still  extant.  In 
the  former  they  write  :  "We  deem  it  reasonable  first  to 
inform  your  Holiness  as  possessing  the  principal  superin- 
tendence of  divine  Faith,  by  our  sacred  Letters,  inviting- 
and  requesting  your  Holiness  to  jiray  the  Eternal  God 
for  the  establishment  and  stability  of  our  Empire,  and 
that  we  may  have  such  a  desire  and  purpose,  tliat  having 


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removed  every  impious  error,  in  celebrating  a  Council  by 
your  authority  (sou  autJieutountos)  a  durable  peace,  pure 
and  frf"!  from  all  hatred,  may  be  established  among  all 
the  Bishops  of  the  Catholic  Faith."  The  same  authority 
is  admitted  in  the  Letter  of  Mareian,  and  also  the  Letter 
of  the  Empress  Pnlcheria  to  St.  Leo. 

We  mention  tJiese  things  for  a  ])ur])Ose  which  will  be 
seen  hereafter.  They  sliow  that  the  Church  of  Christ 
was  divided,  not  in  reality,  or  in  Faith,  but  only  in  name, 
into  the  Eastern  and  Western  Churches.  The  Unity  of 
Communion  was  maintained  ])y  the  obedience  of  all  to 
the  Roman  PontiH';  foi",  although  the  heresies  of  Nesto- 
rius  and  Eutyches  led  many  into  error,  the  great  Body 
of  the  Oreek  Church  still  kept  the  Faith,  and  obedience 
to  the  See  of  Rome  down  to  the  ninth  century,  in  the 
time  of  Photius.  This  intruder  was  condemned  by  the 
Pope's  Legates  and  a  Council  of  Oreek  Bishuj)s  held  at 
Constantinople;  and  he  was  ])anished  ])y  the  Emperor 
Basil.  And  altliough  this  crafty  and  unscrupulous  man 
so  far  imposed  afterwards  on  the  Emperor,  as  to  induce 
him  to  restore  him  again,  and  banish  the  lawful  Patriarch 
St.  Ignatius,  the  Greek  Church  did  not  entirely  break 
conini'.mion  with  the  See  of  Rome  until  about  the  middle 
of  the  eleventh  century.  IS'either  did  all  tlie  Eastern 
Catholics  join  in  the  schism  of  Photius,  for  many  of  tliem 
liave,  from  theljeginiiing  up  to  the  present  day,  preserved 
their  allegiance  to  the  Holy  See. 

From  the  time  of  Photius  until  tlie  year  P274,  histo- 
liaus  tUiclare  that  no  less  than  thli-teen  diti'erent  attempts 
liad  been  math)  by  the  (ireek  schismatics  to  be  reunited 
with  the  Holy  See.  In  \\w  above-mentioned  year,  the 
(reneral  Council  of  Lyons  was  lield  for  this  special  pur- 
pose, and  a  most  respectabh'  embassy  was  sent  to  the 
council    bv  the    Emperor   Michael   l*aleoloL''Us,  and  the 


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Greek  Churcli,  bearing  letters  from  both.  The  Emperor's 
letter  was  in  Greelv  and  Latin,  and  in  presence  of  Legates 
sent  by  the  Blessed  Gregory  X.  to  Constantlnojile  for 
that  purpose,  he  and  his  son  Andronicns  sAvore  n])on  the 
Gospels  that  they  would  religiously  observe  and  l)elieve 
what  was  contained  therein.  Li  this  letter  was  inserted 
the  entire  Nicene  Creed,  the  belief  in  Seven  Sacraments, 
in  Transubstantiation,  ttc. ;  with  a  declaration  that  the 
Pope  was  the  Supreme  Pastor  of  all  God's  Church.  It 
was  addressed  as  follows  :  — 


"  To  the  Most  Holy  and  Most  Blessed,  First  and  Chief  Pontiff,  tlie 
Venerable  Pope  of  the  Apostolic  See,  the  Common  Father  of  all 
Christians,  and  the  Yeneralile   Father   of  our   Empire,  the   Loud 

(iREOOKV  : 

'•  ^riciiAEi,  tho  Faithful  Enipernr  in  Christ  and  Cod,  itc.,  etc,,  Paleolo- 
gns,  and  Spiritual  Son  of  j'our  Creat  Iluliness,  convenient  Ilonour  and 
Reverence  with  sincere  and  pure  affection,  and  the  desire  of  your  jirayers." 

The  letter  of  the  Greek  Bishops  was  sul)scril)ed  l)y 
thirty-eight,  amongst  whom  were  twenty-six  Archbisho])S 
or  Metropolitans,  avIio  for  themselves  and  th(>ir  sutlVagan 
Bisliops,  ])romised  to  hold,  maintain,  and  jtrofess  the  con- 
tents of  their  Lmjiei'or's  lettei'.  They  expressed  tlieir 
regret  that  they  could  not  induce  tlie  then  Patriarcli  of 
Constantinople,  Jose]>h,  to  join  tliem  on  tlui  occasi(m, 
and  declared  tliat  if  tliey  could  not  persuade  him  to  l)e 
reconciled  witli  the  See  of  Kome,  they  would  depose  liim 
from  tlie  Patriarchal  dignify.  'I'liis  promise  they  fulfilled 
in  the  following  year,  and  clectecl  in  liis  place  .bilin  Bee, 
the  Great  Logothete  :in<l  Cluincellor  <»f  the  Church  of 
CoUHtantinople.  Bee  had  Imtii  one  of  the  Kmperor's 
ambassadors  at  the  Council  of  Lyons,  in  the  fouitli  ses- 
sion of  which  \u'  p.ihlicly  swoi'c  before  the  whole  council 
in  tlie  Liuperor's  fiame  and  hU  own,  to  pprsevpr*'  to  !ii« 


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last  breath  in  the  Catholic  Faith  there  defined.     No  less 
than  Five  Hundred  Bisho})s  sat  in  this  Council. 

Not  many  years  after,  through  the  crafty  ambition  of 
evil  men,  the  generality  of  the  Greeks  Avere  again  ])luiiged 
into  all  the  guilt  of  schism.  However,  we  proceed  to  the 
last  memorable  and  solemn  reunion  which  took  place  be- 
tween this  Schismatical  Church  and  the  Centre  of  Unity, 
the  celeln'ated  General  Council  of  Florence,  in  1439. 
And  we  particularly  dwell  on  this  remarkable  event  in 
history,  not  only  l)ficause  the  Eastern  and  Western 
Churches  cordially  united  in  the  profession  of  the  same 
Faith,  l)ut  that  likewise  it  nnist  be  inferred,  beyond  all 
contradiction,  that  if  the  '  ^ne  True  Church  and  Faith  of 
Christ  then  existed  on  earth  (as  who  can  doul)t  i)  it  was 
assuredly  represented  in  the  General  Council  of  Florence, 
where  w^ere  to  be  seen  Pope  Eugenius  IV.  presiding  in 
person,  the  Venerable  Cardinals  of  tli^'  Itonuin  Church, 
the  Primates,  Archbishops,  Bishops,  Abbots,  Doctors,  and 
most  learned  and  holy  men  of  Euro])e ;  and  on  the  part 
of  the  Greeks,  Jose})h  tlu^  Patriarch  of  Constantinople, 
John  Paleologus  tin  J'^mpcror,  the  Pati-iarchs  of  Alexan- 
dria, Antioch  and  Jerusa]  mii  represented  by  their  respec- 
tive Deputies,  Sixteen  Archbishoj)s,  Ten  Al)bots  and  Dig- 
nitaries, besides  a  large  nund)er  of  other  Clergymen. 
We  may  safely  conclude  that  if  the  Faith  unanimously  de- 
liiicd  at  Florence — aftei'  several  months'  discussion,  and 
the  (li.]»1ay  of  uuri'alled  ability  on  each  side,  tog  Iier 
with  a  profound  knowledge  of  the  Scri|»tures  and  the 
Holy  Fathers — if  this  Faitli,  we  say,  l)e  not  True,  then 
tlien^  was  no  Ti-ue  Church  on  Earth ;  if  tlie  One  Void  of 
Christ  was  not  ther(«,  un(h'r  the  one  Visible  Head,  the 
Bishop  of  Rome,  then  tiu'  One  Church  of  Christ  iiad  dis- 
appeared from  the  worhl.  Here  was  a  venerable  Assem- 
bly of  the    Fasterii   and    Western    Church  unitiu"'  in  a 


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solemn  declaration  of  their  common  Faith ;  the  East 
yielding  to  the  West,  and  Constantinople  s-^hjecting  itself 
to  Rome.  Is  it  not,  tlierefore,  of  the  utmost  importance 
to  all,  and  especially  to  those  who  are  outside  the  pale  of 
the  One  Holy  Catholic  Church,  to  ascertain  precisely 
what  was  the  Creed  of  the  Council  of  Florence;  and  if 
the  unity  there  happily  cemented,  was  afterwards  broken, 
whether  it  was  Rome  or  Constantinople,  the  East  or  the 
West,  the  Catholic  or  the  Greek  Church  that  fell  away 
from  that  One  True  Faith. 

And  first,  it  is  worthy  of  observation,  that  in  the 
Letter  of  Union  l)etween  the  East  and  West  at  Florence, 
there  Avas  no  mention  made  of  Transul)stantiation  or  the 
Real  Presence,  no  dispute  about  Prayers  for  the  Dead, 
Indulgences,  Invocation  of  Saints,  or  the  Sacrifice  of  the 
Mass,  which  subjects  would  surely  have  been  agitated  if 
there  had  l^een   any  difference  of  opinion  upon   them. 
Bat  it  was  well  known  that  the  Greek  Chni-ch  in  that 
day,  as  well  as  uj)  to  the  present  time,  agreed  witli  tlie 
Church  of  Rome  on  these  points,     (d.)     Tlie  following 
are  tlie  articles  of  agreement  extracted  from  the  Letters 
of  Union,   and   signed   l)y  the  Representatives  of  the 
Eastern  and  Western  Church,  namely,  that  "The  Holy 
Ghost   i)rooeeds   from    the  Father  and  the  Son  —  that 
leavened   or   unleaveiUMl    bread    may  be   used   for   the 
Eucharist,  according  to  the  rite  of  each  church — that  the 
souls  of  the  faithful  who  die  penitent,  in  the  love  of  God, 
})ut  who  have  not   by  worthy  tVuits  of  [lenance  satisfied 
His  justice,  arc  imiificd  in  Purgatory,  and  that  towards 
their  relief  from  tlienc(>,  the  sull rages  of  the  living  faith- 
ful, tlie  Sacrifice  of  the  INIass,  ])i'ayers,  alms,  and   other 
pious  oftices,  are  much  available — and  hi  fine,  that  the 
Pope  of  Rome  has  the  Primacy  in  all  the  Christian  Avorld. 
is  Successor  of  St.  Peter,  N'icar  of  Christ,  and  Head  of  all 


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the  Churcli ;  tliat  tlie  Pjitriareli  of  Constantinople  is  to 
hold  the  second  ])lace  after  the  Pope,  the  Patriarch  of 
Alexandria  the  third,  the  Patriarch  of  Antioch  the 
fourth,  and  the  Patriarch  of  Jerusalem  the  fifth." 

The  only  Prelate  amongst  the  (Ireeks  who  refused 
this  Decree  of  Union  was  the  obstinate  Mark  of  Ephe- 
sus,  who  persisted  in  his  uidiappy  schism  to  his  dying 
day.  The  venerable  Josepli,  the  Patriarch  of  Constantf- 
nople,  expired  some  days  l)efe)re  the  articles  were  drawn 
u]);  hnt  although  he  was  personally  concerned  in  the 
pre-eminence  unduly  set  up  for  his  See,  he  gave  his  entire 
adhesion  to  the  projected  union,  as  appears  from  an  affect- 
ing letter  in  hi^  own  hand,  wliich  was  found  in  liis  cham- 
ber after  death : 


-Joseph  by  the  Divino  ^k-n-y,  A.vlihi>liop  of  Ciistiintinople,  Now  Rorao, 
ami  <E(MiiiK'iiic;il  ratriardi. 

"Whereas  I  have  <'o,no  to  the  on.l  uf  my  life,  and  am  about  to  pay  the 
comiuon  dcl^t  ot'  iiatuiv,  throuyh  tluMiniee  uf  (iodlwrite,  and  Openly 
subs<Til,o  my  opini.m,  fnr  all  my  eliildren.  All  ihino's,  therefore,  Mhieh 
the  (atholic  and  Apn^toli,'  Clmreli  ..f  (  Mir  Lord  .b-siis  Christ  of  CM  Rome, 
believes  and  teaehes,  I  also  lu-ljevc  and  oiv,.  mv  assent  to.  And  the 
Most  Holy  Father  of  Fathers,  the  Chief  I'onlilf  and  Pope  of  Old  Rome,  I 
eonfess  to  be  th,.  Vi,,i,.  „f  tlbnst ;  and  also  that  there  is  a  rartratory  of 
•souls.     Florence,  !)ih  .fune,  U3'J."     (e.) 

Now,  this  Council  of  Florence  has  been  received  as  a 
Genei-al  Council  l)y  the  whole  Western  Church,  as  the 
Council  of  Lyons  had  been  slmihirly  acknowledged  l)y 
Christendom  two  ceiituiies  belbre.  At  each  Council,  the 
East  and  the  West  were  fully  aud  fairly  represented. 
At  each,  a  common  Symbol  uf  Faith  was  draw  n  up,  and 
Articles  of  Union  agreed  to;  at  each  the  (ireeks  united 
with  the  Latins  in  professing  the  same  Faith,  and  agreeing 
on  the  sanu>  points  of  docti'iiH',  which,  for  centuries! )efore, 


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41 


those  Greeks  had  sometimes  denied,  and  sometimes  ad- 
mitted. Where  can  we  ever  expect  to  find  the  Unity  of 
the  True  Faith  on  earth,  if  it  was  nc^t  exhibited  at  Lyons 
and  at  Horence?  If  the  True  Church,  and  the  True 
Faith  of  Christ  were  not  represerited  tliere,  it  must  he  ad- 
mitted that  there  was  no  True  Faith  on  Earth ;  no  Church 
of  Christ ;  no  certainty  in  doctrine ;  no  fuliihuent  of  the 
Divine  promise.  But,  as  it  woukl  be  blasphemy  to  assert 
that  the  Church  had  then  perislied ;  that  the  "  gates  of 
hell  had  prevailed  against  her ; "  that  all  true  Faith  was 
banished  from  the  earth;  and  that  all  Christendom  had 
united  in  the  promulgation  of  a  false  creed ;  it  becomes 
of  the  utmost  consequence  to  all  mankind,  to  all  especially 
who  are  outside  the  fold  of  the  Catholic  Chui'ch,  to  ascer- 
tain what  Avas  the  Faith  of  Lyons,  and  of  Florence  ?  In 
the  first  place  those  memorable  assemblies  were  presided 
over  by  tlie  Bishops  of  Home,  the  successors  of  Peter  in 
the  Apostolic  See,  the  only  See  of  all  those  founded  by 
the  Apostles,  which  still  subsists  in  all  its  pristine  s])len- 
dour,  and  wi-tli  all  its  plenitude  of  Si)iritual  jurisdiction 
over  the  whole  earth.  At  Lyons  and  at  Florence  the 
Primacy  of  jur'  diction  and  honour  was  accorded  to  the 
Bishop  of  Rome.  Pius  IX.,  the  present  veneralde  Head 
of  the  Catholic  Church,  is  the  legitinnite  successor  of 
Eugeniiis,  of  (Iregory,  of  Peter.  lie  is  now  the  visible 
chief  Pastor  over  the  whole  flock  of  Clirist,  as  they  were 
ill  the  days  of  their  holy  Pontificate.  Whosoever  hears 
his  voice,  and  obeys  his  authority,  belongs  to  the  One 
True  Fold,  and  is  incori)orated  with  the  One  True  Church. 
For  Peter  sjjeaks  thi'ough  him;  and  neither  his  voice^  nor 
his  (hicti'ine  is  ditferent  from  that  of  Eugenius  or  (iregory. 
The  Faith  su1)scribed,  at  Florence  and  Lyons,  is  the  very 
Faith  which  he  teaches  at  this  day,  and  which  is  ]>rofessed 
by  the  whole  Catholic  Church.     Not  a  syllable,  not  an 


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iota,  not  a  single  point  ]ias  been  changetl  by  that  Church 
since  the  days  of  the  Union.     The  Fathers  of  Trent  re- 
eclioed  the  decisions  of  Florence,  as  Florence  did  those  of 
Lyons ;  and  the  Catholic  Faith,  as  defined  at  Trent,  is  the 
iaith  now  held  by  the  whole  Church  of  Two  Hundred 
Millions,  of  -^M-.-h  Pius  IX.  is  the  venera])le  Ilead      It 
detract^  litt..     i  ,ni  the  force  of  the  argument  that  the 
unsteady  (Ireeks  afterwards  generally  relajised,  as  they 
had  frequently  done  before.     Their  melancholy  apostasy 
from  the  Unity  of  Faith  subscribed  at  Lyons  and  Florence 
IS  only  to  ])e  regarded  as  a  clear  proof  of  their  schism ' 
the  moi-e  they  departed  from  that  common  standard   the' 
more  rebellious  they  became  against  the  King  of  ki'n-s- 
^uid,  as  they  violated  and  swerved  from  the"  Creed  of 
Morence,  in  the  sauie  proportion,  did  they  wander  from 
the  unity  and  truth  of  Faith.     The  visil,le  judgment  of 
Ileaven,  with  which  they  were  so  often  threatened  l,y 
holy  men,  for  their  shameful  prevarications,  speedily  over- 
took them;    for  within  fifteen  years  after  the  Council 
of  Iloreiice,  in  14.5;),  Constantinople   fell    l)eneatli    the 
sai)guinary  and  degrading  yoke  of  the  Moslem,  a  ])ondao-e 
which  has  now  continued  for  four  centuries,  durin-  which 
the  unhai.py  ^Teeks  have  sufiered  chastisements  somewhat 
Ike  to  thosc^  of  the  obd.irate  Jews,  iov  a  similar  resistance 
to  Divme  laith.     And,  let  it  not  be  forgotten,  that  the 
two   niemorable   Unions   of  the    Eastern   and   Western 
Church,  to  which  w(,  have  alluded,  took  ,)lace,  nearly 
three  hun.h-ed,  and  one   hundred  years,  before  the  s^- 
called  IJetormati.m;  long  before  the  vague  and  in.lefin- 
uble^name  of  Protestant  was  heard  in  Euroi»e;  likenise 
that,  at  the  present  I.our,  the  (^rreek  and  Roman  (,'ath(,lic 
U.uivh  are  thor,>ngldy  agreed  upon  all  essential  doctrines 
ofK'uth,  u.th  th(.,  exception  of  tu'o-the  Supremacy  of 
the  lope  and  the  Procession  of  the  Holy  Ghost  from  the 


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Son  as  well  as  from, the  Father, — two  points,  to  wliich,  as 
we  have  seen,  they  had  repeatedly  given  their  assent  in 
the  fullest  manner,  and  before  the  face  of  the  world. 

There  can  be  no  question  then,  of  where  True  Unity 
is   to   be  found — unity  of  love,  unity  of  faith,  nnity  of 
priesthood.     ^Ye  wouhl  therefore  most  affectionately  and 
earnestly  conjure  all  those  who  do  not  belong  to  the  Holy 
Koman  Catholic  Church,  to  meditate  seriously  on  these 
things,  and  to  ask  themselves  what  security  they  can  give 
for  the  truth  (we  will  not  say  of  their  Faith  but)  of  their 
religious  opinions,  Avhen  they  Und  them  in  o})position  to 
so  many  millions  of  Christians  ;  to  the  most  ancient,  illus- 
trious. Apostolic  Cliurches;  to  so  many  General  Councils; 
so  many  learned  and  holy  Doctors ;  so  many  venerable 
Bishops;  to  the  conunon  dogmas  of  the  Eastern  and 
Western    Churches,  to    uninterrupted  tradition,  the  con- 
sistent andinnnutaljle  creed  of  tiif  See  of  Peter,  in  which 
alone  was  ever  found  the  One  Shepherd,  ruling  over  the 
One  Sheepfokl  ? 

Alas!  those  Avho   have  abandoned  tlie  fountain    of 
living   waters,  md  dug  to  tliemselves  broken    cisterns, 
have  had  nuich  reason  to  dei)lore  the  calamitous  results 
of  their  unfortmuite  separation.     They  know  not  "  how 
sweet  and  ])leasant  it  is  for  l)rethren  to  dwell  together  in 
unity"  and  love,     Tliey  have  lost  the  connnoii   Father, 
the  common  Head,  the  supreme  ar])iter  of  all  (il.pntes, 
the  supreme  and  sacred  tribimai,  so  wisely  instituted  la 
the  Church,  for  the  settlement  of  all  dilVerences  between 
the  (U)mestics  of  faitli,  +^  .  sheep  of  Christ,  the  children 
of  God.     With  no  ])ilot  to  steer,  no  clnirt  or  compass  to 
to  gui.!<>  them,  "  they  are  tossed  about  l)y  every  win<l  ()f 
doctrine."     They  have  n..  unity,  no  uniformity,  no  spiri- 
tual tie  of  kindred  comnumion,  no  sacrifice,  no  priesthood,^ 
no  Ijoly  altar  of  })eace,  before  which  all  the  children  of 


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the  same  Heavenly  Father  conhl  unite  in  adoration  and 
prayer.  And,  not  only  in  spiritual,  T)ut  likewise  in  tem- 
poral concerns,  has  all  Christendom  liad  to  Lament  the 
consequences  of  this  fiital  disruption  of  the  bonds  of 
union.  AYai's  innumeral)le,  revolutions  without  end,  con- 
vulsions in  States  and  Kinii'doms ;  popular  insubordina- 
tion, destruction  of  authority,  loosening  of  all  the  ties 
which  bind  society  together;  ])rofanation  of  the  sanctity 
of  Marriage;  legalized  divoi'ce;  public  and  private  ra- 
pine, confiscation  of  the  ju'operty  of  the  church  and  the 
poor;  wantoii  waste  of  human  life;  Pagan  selfishness; 
idolatrous  worship  of  majumon,  slavery  of  the  peasant, 
degradation  of  the  laborer,  curtailment  of  the  lioui's  and 
days  of  repose  abrogation  of  festivals,  and  innocent 
festive  amusements ;  Jewish  Sabl)aths  ;  arrogance  of  the 
rich,  oppression  of  the  poor,  desecration  of  the  dead,  cor- 
ruption of  the  living;  loss  of  national  honour;  violent 
separation  from  all  the  glorious  traditions  of  the  past ; 
depreciation  of  literature  and  the  arts;  burning  of  an- 
cient lil)raries  ;  mutilation  of  the  noblest  productions  of 
liuman  genius,  in  architecture  civil  and  sacred,  in  churches 
cathedral  and  collegiate,  in  colleges,  abl)eys,  hospitals, 
alms-houses,  and  grammar  schools,  in  spai-kling  gem,  in 
polished  oak,  in  sculptured  marl)le,  in  glowing  canvas ; 
confusion  in  governments,  embarrassment  in  laws,  impos- 
siblity  of  establishing  any  uniform  or  satisfactory  system 
of  education; — these  are  some  of  the  bitter  fruits  l)y 
which  disunion  in  religion  is  recognized,  the  thorny  crop 
of  fatal  luxuriance  whose  seeds  were  sown  broadcast  in  the 
Keligious  llebellion  of  the  sixteenth  century.  The  war- 
ring of  sects,  the  clash  of  discoi'dant  opinions;  the  loud 
cries  of  self-inspired  ])rophets;  the  unmeaning  jargon  of 
scrii)tural  ex])ounders;  the  fierce  encounter  of  hostile 
Theologues  ;  the  odious  cant  of  liy])ocrisy;  the  shallow 


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babbling  of  ignorance ;  the  frothy  foam  of  rncharitable 
invecti/e ;  the  deafening  tongues  of  calumny  and  mis- 
representation ;  the  outpoured  venom  of  anger,  malice 
and  hate ;  the  rude  and  bitter  shocks  wliich  destroy  nm- 
tual  confidence,  social  intercourse,  friendly  feeling,  and 
fraternal  co-opt.  tion ; — these  are  the  frightful  harmonies 
with  which  the  world  is  filled,  and  the  ears  of  Cliristian 
men  are  stunned,  since  that  unhappy  time,  when  the  sym- 
phonious  chords  of  Unity  and  Peace  were  snapped  asun- 
der, assuredly,  by  no  Heavenly  hand. 

Oh,  if  we  were  all    united   once   more   in   the  same 
Church ;  before  the  same  Altar ;    and  under  the  same 
Shepherd ;  if  the  unity  of  1^'aith  and  Sacrifice,  of  Sacra- 
ments and  Prayer  were  restored,  what  a  blessed  change 
would  take  place  over  the  whole  earth !    What  strong 
guaranties  should  we  possess  for  pul)lic  peace,  and  social 
security !     How  many  fountains  of  bittei-ness  would  be 
dried  up ;    how  many  sources  of  disorder  would  be  de- 
stroyed ;  how  much  contention  would  l)e  avoided ;  how 
much  crime   prevented;  how  much   liarniony  restored ; 
how  much  charity,  love,  and  peace  would  l)e  secured! 
The  spiritual  ami  corjwral  works  of  mercy  would  be  per- 
formed Avith  fraternal  love  by  the  children  of  the  same 
common  Father,  in  favour  of  their  ignorant,  destitute  or 
sufiering    l>rethren.     The   united   prayers   of  all  would 
ascend  from  the  same  temple,  with  the  grateful  odour  of 
acce]»tal)le  incense,  before  the  Throne  of  Mercy.     The 
"  nndtitude  of  believers  having  but  one  heart  and  one 
sour' would,  notwithstanding  their  nund)ers,  or  the  dif- 
ference of  clhnate,  nation  or  customs,  all  "partake  of  the 
one  Bread,"  in  the  life-giving  Eucharist,  where  all  would 
happily  meet  in  Jesus,  and  Jesus  would  1)e  in  them !  The 
cohesive  principle  of  auth(jrity  would  unite  all  ranks  and 
classes ;  and  the    dilTereut  portions  of  society,  each  ob- 


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serving  its  proper  sii1)or(li nation,  would  mingle,  in  one 
harmonious  whole.     Parents  and   superiors  would  rule 
with  more  gentleness  and  ])ower,  and  he  o1)eyed^  with 
more  docility  and  respect.     The  supreme  authority  in  the 
state,  no  matter  what  its  form  of  government,  would  V)e 
submitted  to  with  more  alacrity  and  princii)le,  and  the 
laws  would  be  ol)served  more  faithfully  and  froni  purer 
motives.     The    arduous  task  of  Eulers  and  Legislators 
would  be  lightened  in  many  respects ;  and  some  of  those 
vexed  questions  which  so  deeply  conc(^rn  the  moi'ul  and 
pliysical  condition  of  the  people,  and  ^\•hicll,  in  countries 
Avhere  ditfe-ent  religions  prevail,  seem  to  have  hitherto 
baffled    all  the   attempts  of  the    wisest   statesmen,  and 
purest  ]»lii]anthroi)ists,  Avould  receive  a  s})eedy  and  satis- 
factory solution.     Need  we  allude  to   the  eml^arrassing 
sul>)ect  of  education,  and  other  kindred  questions,  which 
can  never  l)e  settled  on  a  sound  basis,  unless  ])y  a  people 
united  in  one  religious  communion  ? 

We  trust,  however,  we  have  said  enough  on  the  na- 
ture of  the  Unity  for  which  Christ  prayed  and  shed  His 
Ijlood,  and  in  which  He  established  His  Church ;  on  its 
manifold  blessings,  and  the  melancholy  consequences 
winch  have  resulted  from  tlie  division  of  the  people  of 
God.  Let  us  hope,  therefore,  that  what  we  have  uttered 
in  charity  and  kindness  will  l)e  received,  b^  all  those  to 
whom  it  is  addressed,  in  a  similar  si)irit ;  that  pon- 

dering on  these  things  in  the  sanctuary  of  their  hearts, 
with  a  sincere  desire  to  know  and  embrace  the  Will  of 
their  Heavenly  Father,  they  may  fervently  pray  to  Him 
to  V)e  guided  into  Unity  and  Truth.  These  expectations 
are  strenc^thened  from  Avliat  we  have  known  and  heard 
of  the  manner  in  which  our  exposition  last  year  of  some 
of  the  misrepresented  tenets  of  the  One  Holy  Catholic 
Church,  and  especially  her  belief  and  practice  respecting 


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tlie  Sacred  Scriptures,  lias  been  received  tlirouglioiit  the 
Province.     We  have  hjid  many  consoling  and  su])stautial 
proofs  of  the  valne  of  that  appeal  to  the  good  sense  and 
religions  feeling  of  the  people  of  Nova  Scotia,    (f.)    We 
therefore  earnestly  and  hunihly  entreat  Ilini  who  "  is  our 
Peace,"  and  Who  prayed  for  Unity  amongst  His  disci- 
ples, as  the  mark  "  by  which  men  might  know  that  His 
Father  had  sent  him,"  to  fill  all  our  hearts  with  the  spirit 
of  peace,  union,  and  love ;  to  1  )anish  discord  and  all  un- 
charitableness ;   to  remove  prejudice  and  crroi',  and  to 
make  us  all  one,  in  the  pefect  unity  of  Faith  and  Love, 
as  He  is  one  with  His  Eternal  Fatlier !     O  that  we  could 
hopefully  invite  all  into  the  bosom  of  the  One  True 
Church  in  the  affecting  language  of  St.  Epiphanius  at  the 
close  of  his  mem(^ral>le  Treatise  against  Heresies !     "  My 
dove,  my  undefiled  is  but  one :  this  spouse  is  the  Holy 
City  of  God,  the  faith,  the  foundation  of  Truth,  the  firm 
rock  against  which  the  gates  of  hell  shall  not  prevail. 
For  now,  being  free  from  all  trouT)le,  fear,  and  uneasiness, 
and  being  in  an  excellent  situation,  on  account  of  the  firm 
tranquillity  and  security  which  here  exist,  how  did  we 
rejoice  in  si)irit,  on  being  received  into  a  peaceable  har- 
bour!    We  have  j     «ed  many  evils  in  om-  navigation 
through  the  above  dangerous  seas  (the  various  heresies 
which  he  had  described  and  refuted  in  his  book) ;  but 
now,  having  the  Crrv  in  si^it,  let  us  hasten  to  this  Holy 
Jerusalem,  the  Virgin  Spouse  of  Christ,  the  secure  Foun- 
dation and  Rock,  and  our  Reverend  Mother,  saying  with 
propriety :  Let  us  ascend  unto  the  JToiuitnlti  of  the  Lord., 
and  uvto  the  Ilon-se  of  the  God  of  Jacoh,  and  she  will 
teach  us  our  UKnjs.     Let  us  speak  to  lier  in  the  words  of 
her  Spouse:   Come  from  Lihamis.mj  ^wn^Q]  come:  be- 
cause thou  art  all  fair  and  there  is  no  spot  in  thee— so 
that  being  placed  in  thee  we  may  rest  from  the  above 


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troiil^lesome  lieresies,  in  Tliee  Our  ^Mother  tlie  Churcli, 
and  in  Thy  lioly  doctrine,  tliat  we  may  be  refreslied  in 
the  Truth  witli  the  Holy  and  (^nly  Faith  of  Goal" 

To  hasten  this  desirable  consummation,  Dearly  Bsloved 
Bretliron,  redouble  your  fervent  petitions  to  ..eaven, 
and  take  care  that  your  sanctifying  example  sliall  add  to 
the  efficacy  of  your  prayers  the  sweet  attractions  of  edifi- 
cation and  love.  The  happy  symptoms  of  a  return  to 
Unity  whicli  liave  appeared  for  some  years  past  must  fill 
our  hearts  with  consolation  and  liope ;  and  we  trust  that 
those,  distingui  iied  alike  for  learning,  probity  and  virtue, 
wlio  liave  in  these  our  times  sought  refuge  in  the  Ark  of 
Peace,  are  but  the  forerunners  of  innumerable  others  w^ho 
will  seek  for  admission  to  the  One  True  Fold,     (o.) 

Before  we  conclude.  Dearly  Beloved  Brethren,  we  beg 
to  I'cnew  all  our  former  exhortations  in  favour  of  that 
most  noble  work  of  Catholic  piety  and  zeal,  the  Associa- 
tion TOP.  THE  PiiOPAaATiox  OK  THE  Faith.  Continue  to 
suppoi't  its  blessed  operations  in  every  part  of  the  known 
world,  by  generous  alms  and  fervent  prayer.  You  Avill 
thus  co-operate  Avitli  Jesus  Christ  Our  Great  Higli  Priest 
the  Divine  Sliepherd  of  our  souls,  and  all  Tlis  holy  Mis- 
sionaries on  earth,  in  the  Godlike  work  of  the  sanctifica- 
tion  of  souls.  Let  all  unite  in  this  hdjour  of  love ;  those 
who  are  favoured  witli  the  goods  of  this  life  cheerfully 
giving  in  proportion  to  their  means,  and  those  who  are 
unal)le  to  render  p.  uniary  aid,  contributing  the  powerful 
assistance  of  their  prayers.  We  s])ecially  entreat  our 
venerable  and  l)eloved  fellow-lab(-urers  in  tliis  humble 
portion  of  ti)o  Lord's  vineyard,  to  ])romote  this  good  and 
great  work  to  the  utmost  of  their  power,  amongst  the 
faithful  confided  to  tlieir  care. 

Finally,  Dearly  Beloved  Brethren,  we  "b*  >eech  you" 
witli  the  Apostle  (liom.  xvi.  17,  20),  "to  mark  them  who 


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make  dissensions,  and  offences  contrary  to  tbe  doctiines 
wliicli  you  have  learnt,  and  to  avoid  them.     For  they 

that  are  such  serve  not  Clirist  our  Lord and  by 

pleasing  speeches  and  good  words  seduce  the  liearts  of 
the  innocent.  For  your  obedience  is  published  in  every 
place.  I  rejoice  therefore  in  you.  But  I  would  have  you 
to  be  wise  in  good,  and  simi)le  in  evil.  Aj  '  may  the 
God  of  Peace  crush  Satan  under  your  feet  speedily.  The 
grace  of  Our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  be  with  you !  "     Amen. 

Saint  Maky's,  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia, 
Quinquagesima  Sunday,  1854. 


NOTES. 


(A.)  On  this  great  mark  of  Uuity,  and  tbo  necessity  of  all  the  faith- 
ful being  united  in  One  Church,  the  early  fathers  are  unanimous.  We 
give  a  few  extracts  to  support  the  assertions  in  the  text. 

St.  Clement  of  Alexandria,  in  tho  7th  Book  of  the  Stroiiiata. — "Ecclesiam 
quae  est  Una,  conantiir  liaereses  in  iimltas  di?^cindere.  Antiqua  e.st  et  Catho- 
lica  ;  Una  est  propter  unitatein  fidei." 

"  They  endeavor  to  divido  into  many  heresies  the  Church  which  is  One. 
She  is  old  and  Catholic ;  she  is  one  on  account  of  the  VNnY  ok  faith."_ 

St.  Irenffius :  "  Qnoniani  valde  longum  est  in  hoc  tali  vohnnine  omnium 
Ecclcs':iruni  cnnmeraro  successiouts,  maxiniae  et  antiqnissimae,  et  omnibus 
coenitae,  a  jrloriosissinns  diiobus  Apostolis  Poti'o  et  P.T.nlc)  Komae  fnndatae  et 
constitutae  Ecclcsiue  cam  qiiani  babetab  Apostolis  Traditii)ncm,  ct  annuncia- 
tain  bominibus  tidem  i)Oi- suceessionom  Episcoporum  pcrvenientem  usque  ad 
nos  indicantes,  conl'undimus  cos  i.\\n  (pioqno  niodo,  vol  per  sui  placentiam  ma- 
lam,  vel  vanam  gloriam,  vel  caecitateni  et  nialam  sententiam,  praeror(iuam  opor- 
tet  'colligunt :  ad  banc  onim  Ecclo>ium,  propter  potcntiureni  principalitatem. 
necesse  est  omnem  con  venire  Ecclesiam,  hoc  est  cos  qui  sunt  unditpie  tideles: 
in  (jna  semper  ab  bis  qiji  sunt  nndiquc  conservata  est  ea  quae  est  ab  Apostolis 

Traditio."  ,         ,  ,  .  ^  . 

"  For,  as  it  would  be  tedious  in  such  a  volume  as  this  to  recomit  the  succes- 
sions of  all  the  Churches,  by  pointing  out  the  succession  of  the  (Ireatust,  and 
most  Ancient  (or  most  authoritative,  arrhi.iotate)  and  best  known  to  all  men, 
the  Church  which  was  founded  and  established  in  Rome  by  the  two  most  glo- 
rious \postles  Peter  and  Paul,  and  declaring  the  Tradition  which  it  holds  from 
tbe  Apostles,  and  the  Faith  published  unto  men  by  tbe  succession  of  Bishops 
coming  down  even  to  our  time,  we  confound  those  who  in  any  manner  gather 
together  cither  through  self-complacency  or  vain  glory,  or  blindness  or  per- 
verse opinion-  for  with  this  Church  on  account  of  Mio  more  powerful  princi- 
pality, it  is  necessary  that  every  Church,  that  is,  the  faithful  who  are  m  every 


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ilirectioii  should  !i^,'rec,  in  wliicli  tlie  Apostolic  Trailition  has  been ahvayspre- 
served  by  llio>o  wiio  are  in  every  direction." — St.  Irenmis  Adv.  Hares,  iii.  2. 

St.  Ireiuxnis,  who  was  born  aboat  the  year  120  and  martyred  in 
the  year  -202.  was  a  disciple  of  St.  Polycarp.  Bishop  of  his  native  city 
Smyrna,  and  St.  Polycarp  was  a  disciple  of  St.  John  the  Evangelist. 

TcrtuUian,  Lib.  de  Pudicit.  cap.  L.Jspeaking  of  the  Bishop  of  Home, 
calls  him  "Greatest  High  Priest  and  Bishop  of  Bishops."  '•  Audio  etiam 
Edictum  c.^se  proposituni.  et  quidcm  pcremptorium :  Pontifex  scilicet 
Maximus,  Episcopus  Episcoporuni  diclt,"&c. 

The  celebrated  St.  Cyprian,  Bishop  of  Carthago,  who  was  martyred 
about  the  year  250,  wrote  an  express  Treatise  on  the  Unity  of  tlie  Church, 
almost  every  line  of  which  confirms  the  doctrine  laid  down  in  the  text. 
This  brief  passage  is  oxprestive  : — 

"  Hoc  erunt  utiqiie  et  cacteri  Ajxistoli  quod  fuit  Potrns,  pari  consortioprae- 
diti,  ctluinoris  et  pot.statis;  sed  exordium ab  rnitate  profioisc'tur ;  Priniatus 
Petro  datur,  ut  Una  Cliristi  Eeclesia,  et  Cathedra  Tna  immstretur." 

"Tlie  rot  of  liie  Apo.sties  were  the  .siine  as  Peter,  invested  with  a  like  fel- 
lowship of  honour  and  power.  But  a  beirinnint;  ])rocvcds  from  T'.nity  ;  the 
PiiiM.vcv  is  ;,dven  to  Peteh,  that  there  should  be  shown  O.ne  Ciii:klu  of  Christ 
and  U.VE  See." 

And  in  the  well-known  passage  from  the  same  Treatise,  beginning ; 
••  Avelle  radium  solis  a  corpov  divisioucm  lucis  Unitas  nou  capit"— St. 
Cyprian  writes  as  follows  :- 

'•Taive  away  a  ray  from  tiie  ^un's  body  ;  Irity  will  not  bear  a  division  of 
the  ViLdit.  Break  a  bough  from  a  tree  ;  the  broken  branch  oaimot  bud.  Cut 
otf  a  rivulet  from  the  fountain;  heint;  thus  separated,  it  dries  up.  Precisely 
80  tiic  Chureli  radiant  Willi  the  li(-dit  of  Ciirist,  ditfuses  its  rays  througli  the 
whole  world  ;  nevertheless  the  l-ifiht  is  One  winch  is  thus  dilVused,  nor  is  the 
Unity  of  the  P)ody  divided.  Through  lier  fertility  her  branches  extend  over 
the  earth,  and  every  jilace  is  watered  by  her  copious  streinis  ;  still  there  is 
but  One  iiead  and  One  fountain.  One  Mother  rich  in  her  numerous  pro^vny. 
I3y  her  fruitfnliiess  wo  are  born,  by  her  milk  are  wo  nourished,  and  wc  are  en- 
livened by  her  Spirit.  The  Sjiouse  of  Christ  cannot  be  an  Adulteress;  she  is 
uncorrupted  and  pure.  8iio  knows  but  On'e  House,  and  AvltJi  a  chaste  modes- 
ty preserves  the  sanctity  of  One  Clmndier.'' 

Sl.  Jerome,  speaking  of  the  Twelve  Apostles,  declares  that  St.  Peter 
was  chosen  their  head  for  the  very  purpose  of  preventing  aerism  and 
maintaining  ITnity  ;  '•  Unus  inter  duodecim  eligitur  nt  capite  ronstituto, 
schismivtis  toUatur  occasio."  Lil>.  i.  contra  Jov.  and  addressing  Popo 
Damasus,  ho  says  : — 

"  Facessat  invidia  :  i'oinaiii  culininis  recedat  amliitio.  ('um  Successoro 
Piseatoris,  et  l>iscipido  crucis  loquor.  i''-i;o  nullum  prinnnn,  nisi  Ciiristum,  se- 
tiuens,  {{eatiludini  Tnac,  id  e-t.  Catliednc  iVtri,  conunuidone  coiisocior.  Su- 
per illani  p  ti'ani  a'dilicataui  Ecclesiani  <cio.  (inieuninio  i-xtra  banc  doinum 
ngnum  comedorit,  profanusest ;  si  quis  in  area  Noe  non  fuerit,  iteribit  rejtnanto 
diluvio.' 

"  Away  with  envy :  let  the  ambition  of  Roman  grandeur  depart.    I  speak 


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to  the  Successor  of  the  Fisherniaii,  and  tlie  Disciple  of  the  Cross.    Followinff 
no  Chief,  but  Ciirist,  I  am  united  in  couununion  with  your  Ilolines'*    th'it  is 
with  the  Chair  of  Peter.     1  l<now  tiiat  on  tiiat  rock  the  Church  ishni'lt    Wlio- 
eyer  eats  the  Lain'    mtside  this  house,  is  profane ;  whoever  is  not  in  the  Arii 
ot  JSloali  shall  perish  in  tlie deluge." 

The  next  passage  is  from  St.  Optatus  of  Milevis  in  Africa.  Lib.  ii. 
ad  Parmcnian. 

"Ignorantiffi  tihi  ascribi  non  jiotest  scienti  in  Urbe  Euina  Potro  primo 
Cathedrain  Episcopalcni  esse  collatani  in  (piasederit  omnium  Apostolorum  ca- 
put Petrus;  iiKjuo  uno  Cathedriu  Unitas  ab  omnibus  servaretur ;  ne  (wtc'ri 
Apostoh  smgulas  sibi  quis.iue  defeiideivnt;  ut  jam  schismaticus  et  prievarica- 
tor  esset,  qui  contra  singularem  catjiodnuii  ;dte'raiu  collocaret." 

"  It  cannot  be  imputed  to  your  iuudraiicc,  knowing,  as  you  do,  that  the 
Episcopal  Cbair  inwhich  Pktk!;  the  11i;..\i>  of  au.  the  Ai'oferi.Es  sat,  wascon- 
k'rrcd  on  lum  lirst  in  the  City  of  IJoiir.:  that  in  him  alone  the  Unity  of  the 
Chair  might  be  observed  liy  all,  and  that  i  li  of  the  other  Apostles  iinght  not 
citiitn  a  Chair  for  himself,  so  that  he  who  would  erect  another  in  opposkionto 
this  single  chair,  would  be  a  schismatic  and  a  prevaricator." 

St.  Augustine  teaches  the  same  doctrine  in  innumerable  places  ;  call- 
ing Schism  a  dreadful  sucrikirp.  Cont.  Litt.  Pctil.  ii.  96.  Contra  Par 
men.  i.  8.  comparing  it  to  Murder,  Id.  ii.  '>.  -  Quicumciuo  ab  unitate 
frumenti  propter  zizaniorum  at  palea)  crimina  sc  separavit,  propter  ip- 
sum  dissensionis  et  .schismatis  malum,  nee  ab  ipso  crimine  homicidii  se 
potest  defendero,  diccnto  scriptura  ;   Qid  odit  fratrem  suum,  homicida 

cn:' 

"Whoever  has  separated  himself  from  the  miity  of  the  wheat  through  the 
crimes  ot  tlio  cockle  and  chiiH'.  cannot,  on  account  of  this  very  evil  of  dissen- 
sion, and  schism,  excuse  himself  even  from  tlie  crime  of  murder,  the  Scriiiture 
tostityiii;;:  Be  who  hateth  his  bivt/ier  «  a  mnnlcrtr.''^ 

lie  declares  Schism  to  be  a  far  greater  crime  than  that  of  the  Tra- 
ditors.      Caut  I'tfil  ui,  3.  and  compares  it  to  Idolatry.     De  Bapt.  ConI, 
Donat.  I.  8, 

"A  pace  Christi  separantur  auimu-  ipiic  in  Ineresis  vel  schismatis  sacriloffio  . 
moriuntur. '  " 

"The  souls  who  die  in  the  sacrilege  of  iieresy  or  schism  are  separated  from 
tlie  peace  of  C'hrist." 

Ho  even  declares  that  if  a  Schismatic  should  suffer  martyrdom,  or 
".so.mor  than  deny  Christ  that  he  should  endure  tribulations,  hunger, 
nakedness,  iniprisonmcnt,  torture,  the  sword,  or  fire,  or  wild  beasts,  or 
oven  the  Cross  itself,"  it  would  not  avail  him  to  salvation,  though  "per- 
haps "  it  might  mitigate  his  eternal  pMnishment  in  the  other  world.  Lib. 
do  Patient.  .\.\vr.  Finally,  St.  Augustine  teaches  expressly  that  Truth 
is  to  be  found  in  the  Cliurch  r.lone.  and  that  those  who  separate  from  the 
unity  of  her  womb  must  of  necessity  lall  into  error ;  for.  commenting  on 
the  4tli  verso  of  the  lvii.  Psalm.  The  tiickid  are  a/ienahd  from  the 
wotub,  they  have,  gotie  astray  from  the  wumb^  thaj  have  spo/ien  false 
things — ho  says  : — 


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tf"' 

4-. 


'^Ideo  erso  erraverunt  a  ventre,  quia  locuti  sunt  falsa  ^  An  potnis  uleo 
locuti  sunt  falsa,  quia  orravc,  unt  a  vontro  ?  Jn  ventre  <iu.ppc  Ecclesia.  Veri  as 
manet  Quisquis  ab  lioc  ventre  Ecclesia?  scparatns  tuent,  necesse  est  ut  lalsa 
loquatnr.  Necesse  est  inquani  ut  falsa  loquatur.  Quia  aut  concipi  noluit  aut 
(Uieni  conceptum  mater  excussit."  i      i-  i 

'"  Did  thev  therefore,  go  astray  from  the  womb  because  they  spoke  false 
things^  Ur  rather,  have  they  not  spoken  false  things  because  they  went 
as  rav  from  the  womb?  For  it  is  in  the  womb  of  the  Church  that  iruth  re- 
mainoth  Whosoever  is  sei.arated  from  this  womb  of  the  L  hurch  must  neces- 
sarily sneak  false  things.  J  repeat  he  must,  of  necessity,  speak  what  is^lalse. 
For  either  he  would  not  be  conceived,  or  if  conceived,  was  cast  out  by  the 
Mother." 

(13.)  The  cry  that  the  Churcli  has  fallen  away,  has  been  corrupted, 
taught  idolatry,  and  that,  therefore,  the  Gates  of  Hell  have  prevailed 
against  her,  is  common  to  all  the  opponents  of  the  Catholic  Church.  A 
siaiilar  cry  was  raised  fourteen  hundred  years  ago  by  her  enemies  of 
ihat  day,  and  it  was  met  by  St.  Augustine  in  language  (the  most  severe, 
perhaps,  that  is  to  be  found  in  any  part  of  his  numerous  writings.)  which 
shows  with  what  horror  he  regarded  the  Blasphemy  which  it  involves  :— 
In  his  comment  <ni  the  ci.  Psalm,  23  v.  When  the  people  assemble  to- 
getlier  and  Kings  to  sci've  the  Lard,  he  writes  :— 

"  In  conveniendo  populos  in  unum,  ct  regna  ut  serviant  Domino.     Sed,  ilia 
Ecclesia  quia  fuit  onmium  gentium,  jam  non  est :  periit.     Hoc  d.cunt  cp.i  m 
ilia  non  sunt.     <)  impudentem  vocem  !     Ilia  non  est,  quia  tu  m  ilhi  nones  { 
Vide  no  tu  ideo  nun  sis;  nan.  ilia  erit,  etsi  tu  non  sis.     Ilane  vocem  abcmnua- 
bilem  ct  <letestabilem,  prosinniitionis  et  falsitatis  plenam,  nulla  ventate  sutlul- 
tan)   nulhi  sai.ientia  illumiiintani,  nullo  sale  conditam,  vanamt  lenieranam, 
imeciDitem,  perniciosain,  pru' vidit  Spiritus.     1  )ei,  et  tamiuam  contra  dliis  cum 
annunciaret  Unitatom  :     J>i  couveniemlo  populos  tii  umm,^  i^o.,  (pu.iuam  qiu- 
dam  dicturi  erant  contra :     Fuit  et  non  c^i—txiguiMcm,  m<init  duvum  mco- 
rum  onmiucia  viihi.     Quid  est  .)U0<1  nescio  tpii  recedentes  a  lue,  inumunant 
cmtra  uw  i     Quid  est  (piod  perditi  me  periisse  contcndunt*     terte  enim 
hocdicunt  <iuia  fui  et  nt)n  sum.     Anuiuicin  mlhi  crh/mtafcin  du'rum  meo- 
rtim     Non  a  te  (uuero  illos  dies  a>tenu.s.     illi  sine  line  sunt  uhi  ero :    non 
iiwos  qua'ro.      T.-miMTMhs  quuT..;    teinporales  dies  milii  iuuiuncia  KrH/ui- 
.  tatfin  dierum  meorum,  non  a'tmiitateni  nuncia  mdii.     tiuamdni  ero  in  isto 
sa-Huilo,  annnncia  mild  pr-.pter  iiU.s  (pii  dicnnf.     Fuit  et  Jam  non  est.     1  rop- 
ier illos  (lui  dicunt,  imiiletie  sunt  scrii.tura-,  credidernnt  ..'imies  gentes,  seU 
.\l.(.statavil  et  iieriit  Ecclesia  do  omniluw  gentibus.     Quid  est  hoc  :   h.n;/>'ita- 
tcm  ilierom  niiovum  ,n,,niHcia  nn/il  ?     Et  annunciavit,  nee  vacua  tuit  vox  ista. 
Quis  annunciavit  mihi  nisi   ipsa  Via?    Quoniodo  annunciavit?     hcce  ego  vo- 
OiHCiimK'iiii  iiKi/'h  11(1  coiimitiuiiiilloitcin  fKrcnli.^^ 

"  In  the  assembling  of  the  peoide  in  one,  and  Kingdoms  to  servo  tlio  l.orU. 
But,  that  Ciiurdi  wiiidi  was  the  riiurcli  nf  all  Nations,  exists  no  hniger.  Wio 
has  perislied.  Tiiis  is  sai.l  by  Hioso  wlin  are  not  in  her.  O  impudent  cry  ! 
She  exists  not.  because  you  do  not  belong  to  lier.  Take  care  that  lor  that  very 
reason  you  have  imt  lo"st  your  own  existence;  for  she  will  exist,  thi)iig h  yon 
d(.  not.'  Tills  abominal.le'and  detestable  cry,  full  of  presuini)1ion  and  deceit, 
HUnnortcd  bv  no  triitli.  onligiitened  bv  no  wisdom,  seasoned  by  n<.  salt :  tbm 
vain,  rasli,  headlong  and  pernicious  cry  tiie  Spirit  of  (Jod  foresaw,  when,  as  il 
aKuinst  those  who  use  it,  ho  proclaimed  hor  L'nitv,  saying :  /"  as^elMbling  tlio 
people  in  on.',  and  Kingdoms  to  serve  tiie  Lor.l.  Uecause  some  m  alter  tinioH 
were  to  say  against  her,  S/w  mm;  but  o/tc  «»« /«//f/fr,  therefore,  siio  said: 
(in  the  prophetic  words  of  the  rsahnist)«/(y(0  me  tlic/cirncss  of  my  d<i!/it.     W  hy 


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IS  It  I  know  not  that  those  who  depnrt  from  me,  murmur  against  me?    Whv 
IS  It  that  those  who  are  lost  themsclvos,  contend  that  I  too  liavo  i.erished''' 
lor,  certainly,  they  say  this,  that  I  did  exist,  hut  that  I  exist  no  longer  ;  show 
me,  therefore  the  tewi.ess  of  my  days.     I  do  not  inquire  of  tlieo  those  days  of 
eternity  (my  days  in  tlie  next  world).     Those  days  are  without  end  where  I 
will  be ;  1  do  not  ask  about  them.     I  inquire  for  my  days  in  time  ;  my  tein- 
poral_  days  in  this  world  show  unto  me.     Tell  me  the  V,  ,r//m,  and  nut  the 
e  ernity  otmij  days     How  long  I  shall  he  in  this  world  show  me,  for  the  sake 
ot  those  who  say,  «//cyws ;  hitsheisnoh>n<in- ;  forthesakeof  those  who  sav 
1  he  Scriptures  are  fulfilled  ;  all  Nations  have  believed;  but  out  of  all  Nations 
tlie  Church  has  apostatized  and  p       hed.     What  is  this:  iJcrhire  unto  me  the 
Jejrncss  of  mj  days.     He  has  show  .  me,  neither  has  his  word  been  in  vain 
W  lio  showed  me  but  He  who  is  the  Way  ?     And  how  has  He  shown  me  this 
fewness  ot  my  days?     13eiioli)  I  am  with  you  even  to  the  exi.  ok  the 
Would!  " 

^  (C.)  This  is  the  natural  and  legitiniato  consequence  of  tlio  fatal 
principle  of  private  interpretation  of  Scripture.  Tiie  individual  inter- 
preter may  declare  that  a  Priesthood  or  Ministry  of  any  kind  is  unne- 
cessary—that Sacraments  or  external  religious  rites  are  useless— that 
public  worship  is  rot  iiidispcnsabl,..  .^c.  \c.,  and  all  this  without  any 
violation  of  the  l^rotestant  llule  of  Faith. 

(D.)  All  this  is  evident  from  the  Acts  of  the  Council  published  by 
Horace  Giustinian,  Librarian  of  the  Vatican  in  1638.  who  composed  his 
work  from  the  Original  Documents,  still  extant.     In  the  year  1844  we 
have  seen  one  of  the   Original  Acts  of  Union  between  the  Latin  and 
Greek  Church  at  Florence  with  the  various  autograph  signatures,  which 
is  now  kept  in  a  Monastery  near  that  city.     It  is  unnecessary  to  say 
that  this  invaluable  trea.suro  is  preserved  with  the  greatest  care.     It   is 
impossible  to  read  the  Acts  of  the  Council  without  a  profound  impres- 
sion of  the   great    learning,  ability  and    skill   in   every  department  of 
sacred  literature  which  were  displayed  by  the  disputants  at  (!ach  side. 
When  the   Letters  of  Union  had  reiiclicd  Alexandria,  Philotheus,  the 
Patriarch   of  that  ancient  see,  wrote  a   Letter  of  congratulation   and 
submission  to  Kugenius  IV.  in  which  ho  acknowledged  him  to  be  the 
head  and  ruler  of  the  whole  ('iiurcli.  declariHl  that  in  conjunction  with 
the  Jiishops  and  Clergy  of  Egypt  lie  IkuI  decreed  that  the  name  of  His 
lIolinesH  should  be  commemorated  at  Mass  before  the  three  Patriarchs 
according  to  the  Sacred  Canons,  and  that  he  had  rccciviul  the   Decrees 
of  the  Sacred  Council  of  Florence  with  the  utmost  veneration.     After 
the  departure  of  the   (! reeks  from  Florence,  tho  Armenians  likewise 
renounced  thoir  errors,  and  suliseribed  articles  of  Union  drawn  up  I»y 
Kugenius  TV,     The  »Jacobiles  and  Kthioplans.  two  other  Kastern  sects, 
were  received  into  the  Cliiirch  soon  after.    Isidore.  Aichbisliop  of  Kiuw. 
for  himself  and  the  I'atriarch  of  Aiitioch,  and  several  .Russian  Abbots 
also  subscribeil  with  tho  (Jreoks  to  the  articles  of   Union  at  Florence, 
llesjiecting  the  Kussiiiu  Church  it  must  bo  observed  thot  sho  must,  by 


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*! 


no  means,  be  confounded  with  the  Greek  Church,  as  is  frequently  done 
in  our  public  journals.     Though  their  doctrines  are  in  a  great  measure 
similar,  they  arc  nevertheless   two  distinct  bodies.     The  Head  of  the 
Greek  Church,  properly  speaking,  is  the  Patriarch  of  Constantinople ; 
but  he  exorcises  no  authority  whatsoever  over  the  Kussian  Church,  of 
which  the  Czar  is  the  Supreme  Head.     Formerly,  however,  it  was^  not 
so.     The   Russians  were  converted  to  tlio  faith  by  Missionaries  from 
Constantinople  in  the  tenth  century,  at  a  time  when  the  great  schism 
with  Rome  was  not  entirely  completed.     A  Russian  Metropolitan,  whose 
seat  was  at  Kiow,was  appointed  over  this  Church  by  the  Patriarch  of 
Constantinople.     In  1588,  by  the  same  autliority,  the  Metropolitan  See 
was  changed   from   Kiow   to   Moscow,  the  Archbishop   of  which  was 
raised  to  the  dignity  of  a  fifth  Patriarch,  to  rank  next  after  Jerusalem. 
However,  as    Constantinople  and  the  Greek   Church  had  fallen  away 
from  the  Unity  of  the  Roman  8ee,  and  thus  bo<ome  first  the  slaves  of 
the  state,  and  aftewards  the  degraded  victims  of  Mahometan  tyranny, 
so  the  Russian  Church  rebelled  against  Constantinople,  and  shook  off 
the  jurisdiction  of  its  Patriarch  at  the  dictation  of  I'eter  the  Great,  to 
become  tlic  obedient  and  pliant  tool  of  the  Civil  Power-a  punishment 
which  has  been  ihe  fate  of  every  Church  (and  of  tlic  Anglican  Church 
in  particular)  which  has  separated  itself  from  the  Centre  of  Unity.    The 
Russians,  however,  retained  the  Liturgy  of  Constantinople,  after  having 
translated  it  into  the  Sclavonic  dialect.     It  is  curious  to  observe   how 
even  in  this  Liturgy  an  unconscious  acknowledgment  of  the  doctrines 
of  the  Catholic  Church  and  the  supremacy  of  the  Roman  See  is  still  to 
Tjo  found.     Notliing  is  more  difficult  tliun  to  change  for  a  whole  people 
a  Liturgy  to  wliich  tliey  have  been  long  accustomed.     This  was  felt  by 
the  so-called  Reformers  in   England,  in  the  successive  editions  of  the 
Rook  of  Common  Prayer,     Many  of  the  old  Catholic   doctrines  and 
practic.'s  which  had  been  cherished  for  a  thousand  ycais,  were  suffered 
to  r(  miiin.     They  were  gradually  prutied  away,  as  new  generations   of 
Eiiglisiimen  had  been  trained  to  the  novel  doctrines  of  error.     Rut  even 
to  the  present  day,  a  considerable  •'  leaven  of  Popery,"  as  they  term  it, 
is  to  be  found  in  the  Rook  of  Common  Prayer.    To  ))rovc  what  has  been 
said  above  concerning  the  Russian  Liturgy,  we  append  tlie  following 

extracts ; — 

nrssiAN  nvMx  to  st.  pkteb. 

"O!  St.  Potor,  Prince  of  the  .Apo.stles!  Apostolic  Primate!  Ininiovablo 
Rook  of  the  Faitli,  in  rewtwd  of  Ihy  confession.  Kvorliifitinjr  Fonnd.'ition  of 
tlie  Church!  Pastor  of  the  rationiil  tlork  (literally  of  t/ir  /■'/,„■/,■  tlntt  y.t  en- 
tloweil  with  spcirh,  Si.ovesnaoo  StaI).\).  JJetirer  of  tlie  Celesliul  Keys! 
Chosen  out  of  all  the  Apostles,  to  be,  after  .lesus  Christ,  the  I'irst  lomitla- 
tion  of   the    Holy  Chun'h!     Jtejoice;   liejoico!      Unshaken    I'ilhir  of   the 


NOTES. 


"God  said  to  Peter:  'You  are  Pf^w  ' .  n,i  i 
because  upon  Inm,  as  ou  a  solid  rod/ Je^sl"  H  ff.f  ""i   iMl''".*^'^  '^"™^' 
tlio  pites  of  l.oll  shall  not  prevail  a.a  nst  1  er       r .,      "'^''^  Uis  Chnrd,,  and 
|;.a^t..  toundatioa  w.icll  ,.  ^o^l^^^^tyiS^'^i^lC^Z^'^^S;!]^ 

And  again  : — 

the  Keys  of  Heaven."'  Wi,a   '  tlr    i  i  t^^^  «av,nMo  Inm:    'J  ,nve  to^l.ee 
of  the  all'ectioa  of  tlie  Churd,      d  t  <  1  .!  -^■■•y  to  Peter      0  Peter!   object 

or  tl,e  Apostles,  source  of  the  0,idl,x  faitr''    '        "  '"''^""*'  ^''"''  ^'™«'' 
The  successors  of  St  Peter  in   tl.,i   «.        e  ^^ 

-o„d  c™.„,,,  s.  c,c„.on,  .,.„  Bi,f„p  „,  1.::::::,.::  t;^:;^ 

And  in  a  liymn  St.  Clemont  is  thus  addressed  :_ 

"f  .w'"!".':,:™  S^l,?i;;;!it its,,?""'',?''  ■",""■ '""  ■■»■"« «'» -""""^ 

ii..iy  iii,i,„,,s,  11,.,,,  M-v;i;„   '";,■■  ."""'»ij-«ii'»iiiic(i  ci,i«f  of  tuo 

Popo  St.  Martin  (seventh  century)— 

ci„;;i";;;:  ,;-i'^nti:L';.,:'';;,,t';i;;,:'T;:;'  ;;::„',';"^[' "»"  '-.v  i!™»-«  «■« 

gl,.l-i„„»  niH.lvp  „(■  all  l,.,,o,„,1,'         ,;,lr,      !     "'.V';'""«  «lri,m.   „,o«l 

-"". »' '  -' « iw  ,;;i";Lor:';i';i";?™i.;i°  lT,:.:;'.- "■"■■ 


56 


NOTES. 


I'!' 


li 


"  God  has  called  thee  to  he  the  Sovereign  Bishop  of  his  Church,  and  the 
Succesior  of  Peter,  the  Priuco  of  the  Apostles." 

And  to  Pope  St.  Leo  III.,  (who  died  in  816)  is  addressed  the  fol- 
lowing from  St.  Theodore  the  Stadite  : — 

"O  thou  SuproTne  Pastor  of  the  Churcli  that  is  under  heaven;  help  us  in 
extreme  danger;  till  the  place  of  Jesus  Ciirist.  Extend  to  us  a  jjrotecting 
hand.  Hhow  thyself  the  Successor  of  the  iii'st  Pontltf  (St.  Leo  the  Great) 
who  hore  thy  name.  lie  punished  the  Eutycliian  heresy;  do  thou  chastise 
in  thy  turn  that  of  the  Iconoclasts.  Listen  to  our  prayers,  0  thou  Chief  and 
Prince  of  the  Apostolate,  elected  by  God  himself  as  Pastor  of  the  s])eaking 
flock.  For,  thou  art  really  Peter,  since  thou  dost  hold,  and  make  glorious 
the  See  of  Peter.  To  tlieo  Jesus  Christ  said:  '  Confii'iii  thy  brethren.'  Lo! 
now  is  the  time,  and  the  place  to  exercise  tin'  ])rerogatives.  Assist  us,  as 
God  has  given  thee  the  power  to  help  us,  for  thou  art  the  Prince  of  all  for 
that  very  puri)Osc." 

The  Russian  Church  likewise  in  her  Liturgical  Books  highly  com- 
mends the  Popes  of  Konio  for  the  exercise  of  their  supremacy  even 
against  the  Patriarchs  of  Constantinople.  Thus,  Pope  St.  Celestine 
(who  sent  St.  Patrick  to  convert  the  Irish)  is  praised  because  '•  proving 
himself  firm  both  by  words  and  actions  in  the  way  marked  out  for  him 
by  the  Apostles,  lie  deposed  Nestorius  Patriarch  of  Constantinople, 
after  having  revealed  in  his  letters  the  blasphemies  of  that  heretic." 
\.nd  Pope  St.  Agapetus  "who  deposed  the  heretic  Antinms  the  Patri- 
arch of  Constantinople,  pronounced  an  anathema  against  liim.  and  then 
consecrated  Mcnnas  of  irreproacable  doctrine,  and  raised  him  to  the 
See  of  Constantinople.''  Also  Pope  St.  Martin  "who  rushed  like  a 
lion  s-piinst  the  wicked — separated  from  the  Church  of  Jesus  Christ 
Cyrus  Patriarch  of  vVlexandria,  Sergius  Patriarch  of  Constantinople, 
lyrrhus,  and  all  their  adherents." 

It  must  be  admitted  that  these  arc  very  plain  and  unanswerable  testi- 
monials in  favor  of  the  Primacy  of  Homo  and  the  Supreme  Jurisdic- 
tion of  the  Pope.  Russia  inherited  this  doctrine  from  Constantinople, 
and  that  unhappy  See  itself  down  to  its  first  great  defection  from  the 
Centre  of  Unity,  was  its  faithful  exponent.  In  the  words  of  the  great 
Do  Maistrc  (in  whose  eloquent  work  the  references  to  the  above  and 
other  passages  of  the  Russian  Liturgy  may  bo  found,  Book  i.  Chap.  10.) 

"The  submission  of  the  Greek  Church  to  the  Holy  See  is  one  of  those  his- 
torical facts  which  cannot  be  disputed.  Tiiero  is  even  this  jieculiarity  in  that 
Churcli  (its  SL'hi-^m  not  having  been  an  atl'air  of  dnctrine,  but  of  more  i)iide)that 
it  (H'ased  not  to  jiay  liomage  to  the  sujiremacy  of  the  Sovereign  IVMitiH';  thus 
condemning  itself  until  tlie  momi'iit  of  its  separation,  so  that  the  dissenting 
Church,  dying  to  unity,  still  confessed  it  with  its  lust  breath." 

Tiiosc  startling  facts  should  seriously  alarm  all  tho.so  who  have  the 
misfortune  to  be  separated  from  tiie  communion  of  the  Apostolic  See. 
If  thoy  consider  this  important  aflair  with  tlio  unprejudiced  attention 


'iiuuLci 


ISm.: 


NOTES. 


67 


tire  Bodv  of  fl     n    ,     ^""'^  "^  a'lno'^t  overr  nf  ""'^"'''"  belief 

/F  ^    TT-        „  '  ''"''"^^^  THE  One 

Jf-i'-arn  j,etii    ;,<],'    '^ '""^ ''''^'s. 

^'^c  i„,„,,;  clc'       i    '   "'"  '^'"■'-^  (-'viia  Fi,]o, 

^^''^,  qui  tanfo  (J„„n,.n,.  ^  -"^'K'niin. 

" "--"«"  ™;";:;:rE^sr. 

(^•)  It  is  but  a  sininlo  lof  -.<•  •      • 
testation  of  tl.,>  l-Jn  ]       ^  "^^  J^-^tico  to  rocor.J  I,n, 

Invo  f.n  ;        "''"'«'"'  ^'"'^i  t"  niauif.Nf  u       7     ^''"''^"'e.    They 

tcntion  and  rcsnoot  .' ?'*  ^'*^''^^«'-^J  to  our  fn.tr,,,  f     ^    •  T"^ 

:r;-  ^"  -vera,  n..!r^.:::;:7''"V'^^''"^^"^^-^'- -^^^^ 

«'-^f'bor.  of  uiLer  creeds  have 


58 


CONVERSIONS. 


often  given  them  valuable  assistance,  both  in  money  and  otherwise, 
towards  the  erections  of  their  Places  of  Worship.  How  refreshing  it  is 
to  be  able  to  record  such  creditable  and  generous  deeds  in  the  midst  of 
the  unchristian  rancour  which  elsewhere  disturbs  the  peace  of  society, 
in  tlie  much-abused  name  of  Religion  !  Need  we  repeat  the  advice  so 
often  given  to  the  Members  of  our  Holy  Church  throughout  the  Diocess 
to  reciprocate  all  this  kindness  in  the  most  grateful  and  Christian  man- 
ner. 

(G.)  In  the  Appendix  to  the  Pastoral  for  the  Lent  of  1852.  a  List  of 
Converts  to  the  Catholic  Church  for  some  years  previously,  was  publish- 
ed. The  following  are  some  of  the  numerous  conversions  which  have 
taken  place  since  that  time.  We  regret  that  the  List  is  imperfect,  as  we 
cannot  at  present  furnish  more  details. 


CONVERSIONS. 

In  Battrrshii's  Dublin  Catholic  lifghtrij,  for  1853,  the  List  is  as  follows: 

Mrs.  Gixltoii,  wife  of  Rev.  J.  S.  Galtoii,  Perpetual  Curate  of  St.  Sidwell's,  received 
into  tlie  Ctitliolio  C'luirch,  at  Tor  Abbey,  Torcimiy. 

Rev.  Dan  vers  Chirke,  M.  A.,  Exeter  College,  Oxford,  Rural  Dean  anc'  .ector, 
Sussex. 

Rev.  Mr.  Dodsworlh,  Incumbent,  St.  Panera.-i,  London, 

Rev.  J.  E.  ]v-,rle,  Ineumbent,  Christ  Ciuireli,  liradford,  Wilts. 

Rev.  W.  C.  J.  Iluteliinson,  Curate,  St.  Endellion'ti. 

llov.  J.  Juines. 

Rev.  .1.  Laprimando,  Curate. 

Archdeacon  \'.  Rev.  II.  E.  Planning. 

Rev.  W.  M.  Leihwaite,  Incumbent  of  Clifford. 

Rev.  James  Orr,  Curate,  St.  .James's,  l.>ristol. 

Rev.  Mr.  Vale,  Buokiniiham  I'alaoe  Chapel. 

Rev.  Edward  Walford,  M.  A.,  of  Ealiol  College,  Oxford. 

Rev.  Eerdinand  J'".lliut  White,  ^'e\v-York. 

Hon.  Gilbert  Talbot. 

Tiio  Dutchess  of  Montebello,  iu  Erance. 

Lady  Ncwry. 

Laily  Katherine  Howard,  daughter  of  the  Earl  of  Wicklow. 

Lady  lunma  Charlotte  l'<>.u\  and  family. 

The  Countess  of  Il.'dui-hahn,  the  celel)rated  writer  and  novelist. 

Count  de  Lippe  and  family,  in  Germany. 

Hon.  Miss  Brand,  daughter  of  Lord  Daere. 

liaron  Turckhein),  formerly  a  member  of  the  Baden  ministry. 

Baron  Weld. 

The  late  lion.  Admiral  Sir  .lohn  Talbot,  (J.C.B. 

Sir  Vere  de  Verc,  Bart.,  and  Lady  ile  Vore,  of  Curragh  Chace,  Limerick. 

Sergeant  Bella'is, 

Cajitaiu  I'aterson,  brother  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  I'ater.son. 

Charles  Daslnvood,  Esti. 

Captain  Ualiburton,  ol  the  iSth  Reginiont,  his  wife  and  daughter. 


I 


CONVERSIONS. 


69 


Robert  Biddulph  Philips,  Esq.,  of  Lonc,vorth.  Herefordshire 
Professor  Gfiwror,  the  historian  of  the  ThiKy  \S  Wu, 

JvancirR   War.f  f^^'^^'^ff'^,  "*^P'i*^^-  "f  ^^orA  Ellonborou^h. 

Mr.  Frederi<;k  Myers,  of  birkenhend. 
Airs,  llnvaites,  wife  of  Dfiiiiel  Thwaites  F«n    of  Til.,  i  i 
M,ss  Hubbard,  sister  of  -  Hubbard,  Esq       '       ^''^^'^^"••"' 
Mi,ss  Hanmer,  sister  of  Lady  Cliarlotte  Keir 

Ma^rV^;„;;hf^S;ro,St:'  '"••  '■  ''  «-"'--.   ^^^    ^^  -eeived  into  St. 
WuiLn.'""'"^^  ^^""y-  ^^^-  --'-^  "'to  the  Clu.reh  oj  C ';,,  by  the  Rev.  Mr 

intcS  SurJlJ'^t  Si.S^  J£'u£  t?^h^i!-t^r-  ^r'^';'  --'-^ 

.station.  ''='    '  ^  ""'^''   ".^  t'"=  Ivev.  F.  Moses,  ehi.pluiu  of  the 

into'L  £.d!^:r^°s.A  Si  ''^""  '^"^' ""'  '^'■-  '"'"^^  ^"^''-"'  ---^ 

Ch,Sh.  i'lSciur'  ^""''^  ^'''"''^'•^'  ^'"''  '''^  ^^''^  ""^^  *^"^"y.  ''eceived  inlo  the 
Cla,^X£;   x?^r"''""  ""^  '"^'i^^  ''^"'•'  "^  ^'-  II-'-  J"''?«  J-'es,  at  Santa 

Bor^p;:;.te!"-     ''"'"'^  ''"''  "'  ^"'■'-"'^-■&  and   brother-in-law  of  Prince  Jennne 

dompton-st  piS""      ^     ^  '  ^'  ^'     ^'"'""^'^  Walworth,  another  sun,  is  now  a  lie- 

—  Miss  Hardin,  .lan-hter  of  Colonel  Hardin,  U.  S. 

Anglican  Chirei"  Sl^ff ;  '  n  '^  ^^''-  "^"''''^'  ^-'l-^dge,  and  a  cleravnmn  of  the 

P.Sr;w5;  gif''"""'  °'  *'""'  I-oilg..  received  i„l„  ,l,e  cl,„,el,  Ij  ,l„  ,l„. 

*'    M*^^"  *■"■  '^^''^*'"'  I'^f'^iveil  into  the  Chiu'ch 

—  Mrs.  .Alartha  Fordo  roeeive.l  into  the  Chu.Th  hy  the   Rov    Mr  Svnan    PV 

"■*■  11 ',"r."'l\n""''  •'"'r,"''»I.V.  of  Ne,i,„l,,  ,.„|„,,„|  ||„,  rM,.,]lc  faill, 

cep£nr.!;„don>;;i',lrv;^;i;',;t;^irR'i;;:.:^ 

BisH.  S  AJ^Slce"  ''"'  ''^"'""'^'■^  "^^''^'^'^  '"•^■*'-  ^'"'"■'•''  '•>'  ^'^••-  Von  K,..  teler, 
bytidiS  J;;^-;;J^"l>''y-''••l-'^-id,.nt  in   Ron,e,  received  into  the  Chureh 

20.     Mtir.  .Silmnr,  Archbi.shop  of  Pari-    I'd'ci-iod  in  lil^  ,.!,.,,,  I    ii,      i  •       ,•  r 

two  English  lad.es  belonging  to'very  honorable  LlJll^r  M 'illtBliliS'Tlo! 


I 


60 


CONVERSIONS. 


acliniiiistoreil  to  tliom  tlic  saornmcnt  of  Bnptisni  eonclitionfllly,  and  the  Mn*.  ■jnis  Do- 
noso-C'oi't(>H,  mnljiissador  of  Spain,  actofl  as  tcoilfuthcr  for  l)otli  the  neopliytes. 

■IrxE  28.  At  tlie  Colh'giate  Cluirch  of  M.S.  dtUo  Vigiio,  ayoiinij;  I'rote.-taut  lady 
m.  o  licr  ahjui'atioii  at  tlio  hands  of  the  Archbishop  of  I'irgi,  who  gave  hor  condi- 
tional baptism.  She  !iad  for  godfathor  tlie  Marquis  Gui.seppe  Marco  Durazzo,  and 
for  godmother,  tlio  Countess  Maria  Bonavciituri. 

.Illy  1.  Mr.s.  Douglas,  Lady  of  Charles  Douglas,  Esq.,  admitted  into  the  Church, 
by  the  Uov.  F.  Atlianasius,  Missionary  .Xpostoiie  of  Benares,  East  Indies. 

27.  Mrs.  liastiek,  wife  of  William  J5a-;tiek,  Escj.,  of  Exeter,  made  solemn  pro- 
fession of  the  Catholic  faith,  and  was  reecived  into  the  "one  fold,"  at  St.  Saviour's, 
Torre  Abbey,  Torquay.  On  the  previous  Saturday,  Harriet  Hawkins,  an  intelligent 
young  woman,  nmdelier  abjuration  of  the  errors  of  Prote.stantisn),  at  the  same  place. 
Alaster  William  15astiek,  a  tine  boy,  son  of  the  above  lady,  is  preparing  for  reception 
into  the  (.'liurch. 

—  The  Countess  of  Montebello  and  her  three  daughters  publicly  abjured  the 
I'rotestant  religion  in  the  church  of  Celos.  She  is  the  daughter  of  Mrs.  Bodding- 
ton,  an  English  authoress,  jiopular  some  years  back. 

Au(i.  5.  At  Berlin,  thiity-one  Protestants  abjured  their  errors  and  entered  the 
Church. 

—  Mrs.  Barct,  originally  of  England,  a  descendant  of  the  famous  Scottish  fa- 
mily of  Hi'uee,  received  baptism,  and  made  her  abjuration  of  Protestantism  in  the 
ban<ls  of  M.  Thieble,  Cure  and  Dean  of  the  Cathedial  of  Noyon  ;  he  was  assisted  by 
M.  Bomgeois,  (lure  and  ]>ean  of  St.  .lacqiu's,  in  Conqiiegne,  formerly  V.  (J.  of  the 
diocese,  ^I.  le  Superieur  of  the  JJttlc  Seminary,  and  the  greater  part  of  the  clergy 
of  the  city.  Count  Ernest  De  Breda  ,"ind  the  Countess  de  Thusi,  a  relative  of  the 
convert,  acted  us  godfather  and  godmother. 

9.  Recantation  or  return  to  the  Catholic  faith  of  the  Rev.  Richard  Wall  (of 
Waterford),  in  Rathmines  ;  and  of  the  Rev.  !Mr.  Hopkins,  at  Belmullet — two  of  the 
few  remaining  aposttito  ''Priest  Protection  Society,"'  whom  passion  or  mammon 
seduced. 

11.  J.  C.  De  t'astro,  Esq.,  of  Woodend,  made  a  .solemn  profession  of  the  Ca- 
tholic faith  at  Torre  Abbey  Chapel,  Toripiay. 

12.  Henry  Itowden,  I'Isq.,  I'eceived  into  the  Church,  at  the  (Oratory,  Syden- 
ham, by  the  Right  Rev.  Dr.  Grant,  Bi^hoji  of  Southwark.  lie  is  the  brother  of 
J.  W.  Bowden,  ICsq..  of  Trinity  College,  Oxford  (another  convert),  author  of 
the  "Life  of  Pope  (jregory  \[L,"  and  uncle  to  the  Rev.  Father  Jkiwden  of  the 
Oratory. 

m.     Four  noted  converts  received  in  St.  Anthony's  Church,  near  Dunkeld. 

20.  Ilev.  G.  Noi'man,  late  Minister  of  St.  ihirgaret's  Chapel,  Vutlon,  near 
Gloucester,  entered  the  Church. 

21.  Miss  Thomasina  Wilson  received  into  the  Church,  at  Cloulara,  Dootias,  by 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Kenny,  C.C. 

22.  Mrs.  De  Castro,  wife  of  J.  C.  De  Castro,  Esq.,  of  Woodend  (whose  recep- 
tion took  ]ilace  on  the  11th),  with  her  two  interesting  children,  were  solemnly  re- 
ceived into  the  Church,  in  Torre  Abbey  Chapd,  T(U'(piay. 

22.     Rev.  R.  Belaney,  A^icarof  Arlington,  Susse.v,  received  into  the  Church. 

Ski't.  7.  Stephen  Church,  ]0s(|.,  of  the  Grove,  received  into  the  Catholic 
Church  of  Dcsertiighill,  County  J^ondfjuderry.  Ho  departed  this  life  in  the 
most  edifying  manner  on  the  22d  of  October,  in  the  seventy-eighth  year  of  his 
age. 

8.  Conversion  of  six  Swiss  soldiers  fr<]m  the  Protestant  to  the  Catholic  Church: 
they  wert!  baptized  by  the  f!rand  Almoner  uf  the  Neapolitan  army. 

1(L        Rev.  Henry  W.  AVilberforce,  Meiir  of  I'last  Farleigh,  received  at  Malines. 

—  Mr.  (iregory  l?laekwell  of  the  Blst  liegiment,  stationed  at  JMiuistynion,  bo- 
came  a  member  of  the  Catholic  Church,  and  made  his  profession  to  the  Rev.  Mr. 
O'Brien,  C.C.  in  that  town. 

—  The  wife  of  the  sexton  of  the  Protestant  Church  in  Ennistymon  received  into 
the  Church. 

1.5.  Three  Pi'otestants,  Sarah  and  i-llizabeth  J{epter,  and  another,  received  into 
the  Church  by  the  Very  Rev.  Count  Tehereas  Sodei'ini.  D.  I).,  at  Truro. 


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61 


V.  &  of  tidily  "  ""'"  "'°*"'"'  ""»  "'•  "'""'■  I'J  "«>  V«.7  lie..  B.  J.  iS., 

8ufl-;7in^  kay  c!;:;;' ^..tr""'"""  ""'"■'    ^^^"'^'^  '^  '^^"^-^  "^  '■^^"SO  in  runs,  for 

cut,i}.  s..t  thrii^:^Tilo:n;'s;ir"^' '"''  "^^  ^""''^"  ^^^  ^-«*<=^'  c---«- 

,...3i  1  '^^"f,^""«  l'"|^f' i  J;"'«l't«-  of  Denis  B.  Potter,  Es,,.  (who  with  hi.  son  were 
Oathed.,1  ot  liuun,  andwus  reoeivc.l  into  the  Catholic  Church  by  the  Kev  F 
S^^;.  Tua,r '''''  '''"  Very  Rev.  John  McEvily,   President  o?  Srj^altlS 

opivP  nni^";.    ^Yi  ^'i'7'  J^'^'J"'-  f""l^^-'V^-  ■•enounced  Protestantism,  and  was  re- 
ceived into  the  Clnirch  hy  the  Rev.  G.  Cniniiiin?,  ]'  P 

~  ?/''•  •^"''"  V"''""  ^'^'■^^■C'l  '"to  the  Catliuli'c  Chu'reh,  at  Tipperarv. 

int^I^e  o:,h.;,Slu:;;h"' ''''"•^'  ■"''"""''  '^'^"^^■^  l^-testantism.  ^k1  received 

cat;;;.i!c^:,:;;r;f  u:Sd^iS;'?:J::'^'^^  '^'^^^"^^''•"'  ^^-^'^^^^  ----^  -^°"- 

M  — /V""*'^',"-  ''*"  c»"vortsat  Rome,  included  Messrs.  Wyne,  Coleridge,  Mr  and 
Mrs.  Dodsworlh.  .  r.  Reginald  Talbot,  Lord  Fielding.  Mr.  Ra;tard,  M.f  11  Dovle 
&L.      11,0  new  College  for  Anglican  converts  opened  there  on  the  feast  of  the  Pre! 

27.  The  Right  Rev.  Dr.  Ives,  Protestant  Bishop  of  Carolina,  U.  S.,  has  abjured 
the  lu-rosy  ot  t  le  Reformation,  and  submitted  to  the  Catholic  Church  Dr  Ivcsis 
now  in  l.nghiM.  ,^  and  in  ].assing  tlsroiigh  London,  on  )iis  way  to  Rome,  ho  iiad  an 
intorv.  -w  with  his  Kmincnc.Uho  Cardinal  Archbishop,  who  very  warmly  sympathi/- 
ed  w-th  the  new  convert  m  his  feelings  of  Ihaiikruiiieis  for  the  niorey  which  has  been 
.Wiown  him.  ]),..  Jves  was  much  beloved  and  respected  in  his  diocese  of  Carolina 
am  hisexami.lo  is  very  likely  to  have  a  wide  intliience  upon  a  considerable  number 
01   (lis  late  clergy. 

n  ,r"r*'v"f '"■^'  ^'''"t^'-"t"int  minister  of  Bui.zlau,  made  a  public  profession  of  the 
Catholic  faith.  ' 

i~7''"'  *'*'""^'^*'*  ^''"'  nahn-liahn,  the  celebrated  writer  (converted  to  the  Ca- 
tliohc  faith  after  visiting  L'claud),  entered  into  the  religious  Institute  of  our  Ladv 
ot  t;iiarity.  •' 

30.  William  Thompson,  mate  of  the  sloop  Frinukhip,  publicly  received  into 
o  Catholic  Ciiureii,  at  Killiila,  by  the  Rev.  P.  Maloue,  P.P. 

Dr  .  3,  Mis.  Margaret  King,  of  Galway,  aljurcd  Protestantism,  and  became  a 
Catholic. 

8.     Mr.  Bernard  Samuel,  mnster-tailor  of  the  (iSth  depot,  with  his  four  children 
received  into  the  Catholic  Church  by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Nagle,  C.C.  ' 


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{From  the  London  Catholic  Directory  for  1854.) 

OLEIUCAI.    CONVKUTS. 

Rev.  Lord  Charles  Thynnc,  Vicsir  of  Lorii^'brulge  IJeverrell,  niul  P"eben<]arj  of 
Canterbury,  uncle  to  Ihc  Marquis  of  Batli. 

Rev.  Norman  C.  Sloughton,  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  atCatsklll,  New- 
York. 

Rev.  W.  Pope,  ]}.A.,  of  Christ  College,  Cambridge,  nephew  of  Dr.  Whateley, 
Protestant  Archbishop  of  ])ublin. 

Rev.  Mr.  Pritchard. 
jRev.  Kdward  Beard,  a  zealous  Primitive  IiIeiI;odist  Preacher  at  Cambridge. 

Rev.  Frederick  W.  Pollard,  M.A.,  Rector  of  the  ]']pi:-!copnl  Church  at  Nantucket. 

Rev.  M.  Oliver  A.  Siiaw,  Rector  of  All  Saints,  Philadelphia. 

Rev.  M.  Ilnsert,  Rector  of  IJunzlaw,  (icriMiiny. 

Rev.  Dwight  Lyniiin,  Episeo]ialiiin  Minister  at  Columbia,  I'ennsylvania. 

Mr.  Sands  of  Mountrath,  formerly  a  I'l'olcstant  Jlinister. 

The  Pastor  Liitkciautter  and  all  the  ineniljors  of  his  family. 

Rev.  Joseph  Keeuan,  a  Baptist  Preacher  jit  Benton,  Scott  County,  Mo.,  United 
States. 

LAY  convi:i:t.s. 

Lord  Iluntingtower. 

Francis  Wegg  Prosser,  formerly  M.P.  for  IJorefordshire,  and  of  Biiliol  College, 
O.xford. 

Lieutenant  Allen  Bathnist,  R.N.,  grandson  of  the  lute  Dr.  Bathurst,  Bishop  of 
Norwicii. 

Major  .James  Dodwell,  at  Lisbon. 

LJon.  ,1.  R.  Cha)idler,  Member  of  the  American  Senate. 

Mr.  George  Baily,  Wigan. 

Charles  Thomson,  Es(|.,  of  Tunbridge  Wells. 

Joseph  Vance,  Es(i.,  of  Charlestown. 

Mr.  TliomasDrumniond,  of  Balbriggan. 

Edward  Lucas,  Esq.,  of  Croydon. 

Count  Ptiel  Von  Diersdorf,  at  Breslaw. 

M.  Rociis  Von  Rochow,  at  ditto. 

M.  Beer,  the  celebrated  author. 

.].  T.  M.  Mchol,  I'^sq.,  of  the  Royal  Navv,  son  of  the  late  Right  Hon. Nichol, 

M.P.  for  Cardiff. 

Mr.  Price,  edi'"  of  the  Dublin  livening  Packet,  deceased,  R.LP. 

T.  P.  Wait,  Esq,,  Under  Graduate  of  Oxford. 

F.  Eager,  Esq.,  of  Tuam,  Loland. 

Daniel  Potter,  Esq.,  Solicitor  of  Tunm — also  his  two  sons  and  a  daughter. 

Mr.  Thomas  Richardson,  of  Derby  and  Dublin,  the  eminent  publisher. 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Count  Degenfield  Sehondjerg,  formerly  Ambassador  for 
Wurteiuberg  at  Vienna. 

The  Chevalier  L.  Olsenwski  de  Portrissen. 

Henry  Douglas,  Esq. 

M.  de  Florencourt,  Redact  on- do  C'hrfo(  the  principal  Catholic  journal  in  Ger- 
many, the  Vo/./islial/e  of  Co/of/ne. 

M.  Muglish,  editor  of  the  ^ion  ;  M.  Ilass,  Editor  of  the  NouveUe  Sion. 

M.  Bender,  author  of  the  excellent  "  ETieyelo|)edie  Catholique." 

Mr.  Thomas  Becker  of  Vineennes,  U.  S,,  and  liis  five  children. 

Professor  T.  Blume,  of  Calvert  College,  New  AVindsor,  America. 

Mr.  Henry  Bumi,  Manchester;  Thomas  Joseph  Trilleway,  Escj, 

Barret  Wadder,  Esq.  of  Lundon. 

Richard  Meady,  Esq,     if  Cloudesly  Bittern,  Southampton. 

Lyman  W.  Case,  Esq  ,  Mr.  Stephen  Cliurch,  of  the  Grove,  Londonderry. 

Thomas  Robert  Dean,  Esq,,  barristerat-law,  Tiiiperarv,  a  foitniaht  before  hia 
death,  RLP. 

Mr.  Richard  D.  Scofield,  student  of  the  University  of  Notre  Dame  du  Lac, 
America. 


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Mr.  ;<""  I'^ll-tj  nr„l  Lis  three  si.^ers,  nt  Nenagh 
Mr.  Clmrlc3  llall  nnd  familv.  of  T'U-n^.„fi.       ^  ' 


M..    ,  u    ,      .      'amily.  of  Plymouth. 

Mr.  James  Sealy,  jeweller,  Galway: 
Mr.  John  1-  ox.  of  Mnllagh,  Counf/  Cavan. 
Mr.  Charles  Kaokhan,,  of  Cottenliam. 

iMiss  Charlotte  Kernan   d'HKrlitm. ..f  t   i-  t-,         ,  ,. 

Miss8ar„.„,  of  ^otth ^  nln'so^SJn^r"'  ''''''  '"'"''^'^  ^'^'^"^h. 
Mrs.  (,.  JJailey,  at  St.  Mary's,  Wi^^an.     ' 
Mrs.  Meurliii  and  Miss  \Voodlia]l,\,t  York 

mi:  Ar';:;t;:r,^^£„'"'^  ^^'^  ^^^''"'  °^  "■<'  ^"'^  «^s'--^- 


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ConS"iayo'""""'^"'^'^^^'^^^SM-  oHhe  late  Col.  Browne,  of  Browne  Hall, 
Miss  Stanley,  an  English  lady  at  Paris 

Ca^olie  Chnreh  on  last^Chriiasl.^  ^ '^^^  ^'  S^^  ]:;:;£ 

bos'lu.l'Sei^liJSL^'SnJ^f;  ^^r""'  -^   -eived  into  the 
staying  so.ue  tinieou  a  visio!  Zihe^^l^ll^y'^"'''''''''  (^''«'«  ''«  l''-^^  ^^een 

On  the  Feast  of  St.  Thomas'  the  A] .ostle    the   Rev   AV   ir     a     i     i 
Protestant  Minister  of  Leiee.ter  who  h  is    IV.lv  1.  A        i  ■      i  ,^'.''^erdon,  formerly 

of  Birnn-nghan,  (havin-^  re ceiS  Ti  o  ott         {  '■'^",""^^  ^ '''^'-'^  ''>' ^''<^  «i«'4 

sai.n.is  ti;:st  Maiin  the  ci:;:fX:^>-!,j::^z:;]:!:^^  ^-^--^  ^-'>'-'-p? 
and^;<j.;:;;:;rA:n  ;:::,H;:;,r::!!;',;i:;;.;;s;:«-'  >-'^"-.  ^'^i)  ^y  -on  instructed 

lie  Chn'reh,  at  Alarges,       r     \^;\Vt         Vn  h'^    '"'"  I'"  '^T""'  "^  *''°  ^alho- 
Winands,  Pastor  <d"lhaV,Ilace.      '      '  '''""'"'-'''  ^^^■''  ^^  ^^'^  K^v.  D.  M. 


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